Because he's got Irish weather, not Kentish weather
Solar panel production figures
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38.5 generated and 30.17 exported (16 at peak rate), another nice day.
I was going to say there is a very slim chance I might break 1000 kWh for the month, but considering 3 out of the next 4 days have rain forecast that's not happening.
I was going to say there is a very slim chance I might break 1000 kWh for the month, but considering 3 out of the next 4 days have rain forecast that's not happening.
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Knowing my luck I'll hit the panel, steps and a long stick did the trick.
Just stopped exporting, the battery is now at 45.9%, I aim to stop at 45% or 19:00 at the end of the peak rate. 25.68 kWh exported.
As for solar, that is 26.76 kWh, the day wasn't too bad until mid afternoon when it started to rain.
As for solar, that is 26.76 kWh, the day wasn't too bad until mid afternoon when it started to rain.
Nice, I'll be there in about four and half hours
Thanks, literally just ticked over to 50 kWh
and still generating 2kW, although you are still going to beat me, and so you should more panels, better installation direction etc.Been locking at the cloud radar and we've both been clear pretty much all day, just some minor clouds, although you may have had a few more than me.
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Whilst jealous of you guys with huge systems I'm quite happy with my little 3.96kwp setup. Produced 22kwh today and as I'm on the original 2010 FITs regime it means I get paid 74.3p per kwh inc 50% deemed export
I still have 11 years to go on the 25 year contract and basically have had free electricity for the past 10 years after getting ROI after 4 years.
I had a FITS system installed in December 2015, I get just 17.44p per unit, I did away with the deemed export as I have another non FIT system. My FITS system paid for itself by by 2022 IIRC (can't find the spreadsheet!).
You can now extend a FITS system, even add a battery. When you do this you are paid pro-rata, so if you doubled the PV array size you would be paid based on 50% of the generation, and a bi-directional meter is required to take account of charging the battery. You would need an MCS certified installer who understands the process. I've not heard of anybody doing this, and its based on what I've read in MCS documents. Here's a couple of links I just found.
Extending Existing Solar Arrays - BeBa Energy Solar Power
For many businesses that installed solar panels between 2010 – 2015 it was something of a gamble. Solar was far from a proven technology in the UK, and the cost of the installation was very high. As a result, many businesses did not necessarily realise the full potential of their roof or land as...
www.beba-energy.co.uk
Feed-in Tariff
Under the Feed-in Tariff scheme, householders receive payments for the electricity generated by eligible installed systems.
energysavingtrust.org.uk
Other option is of course to install a completely separate system, which is what I did.
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The day was forecast for 30, but that's dropped to 26, weather isn't very good, lots of cloud.
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Don't worry its still here, and even thicker cloud over Wale's.
The Gaff doesn't count, it doesn't report generation properly, only time it's not 'generating' is when the batteries are charged overnight.Having a great battle with the gaff today. Their system (apologies if you're here and I've not tagged you) starts generating strong almost instantly in the day. Nice.
Basically any power discharged from the battery is reported as generation, thus it's totally inaccurate.
You've been lucky with the weather today, there's a clear corridor going up country, with clouds either side of it.
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A rather poor day today, much worse than forecast, just 18.68 kWh, actually exported more than we generated at 18.8 kWh.
Today's electric should just be negative, yesterday was -£5.37 including SC.
We had two days this month where electricity cost money, Sunday which was 60p and 3 April which cost 35p, this months electric should be about £47.42 profit depending on today's cost.
Total for the month is 907 kWh, compared to last April which was 966 kWh, next month will be over 1 MWh (last May was 1.325 MWh)
Total for this year so far is 2031 kWh, 1070 from the SolarEdge system and 961 from the garage array.
Today's electric should just be negative, yesterday was -£5.37 including SC.
We had two days this month where electricity cost money, Sunday which was 60p and 3 April which cost 35p, this months electric should be about £47.42 profit depending on today's cost.
Total for the month is 907 kWh, compared to last April which was 966 kWh, next month will be over 1 MWh (last May was 1.325 MWh)
Total for this year so far is 2031 kWh, 1070 from the SolarEdge system and 961 from the garage array.
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