Solar panel production figures

Welshman · 14 Feb 2023 at 17:34

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
Just a reminder for some of the newer peep11.94 today, was looking like a record but a bit of cloud came over later and knocked me down a bit

Still I am not complaining, passed 100 for the month already vs target of 175

Where are you based warrior???

Freefaller · 14 Feb 2023 at 17:56

944 so far since we got the panels mid October. Not complaining at all!

I think at this rate hopefully we'll be good for a few MWh per year.

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 14 Feb 2023 at 18:23

Welshman said:
Where are you based warrior???

Suffolk!

BUDFORCE · 14 Feb 2023 at 18:42

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
11.94 today, was looking like a record but a bit of cloud came over later and knocked me down a bit

Still I am not complaining, passed 100 for the month already vs target of 175

Edit, not sure what was at the start of my post lol, editted out

Daaamn.

Only did 4kwh today, was foggy here most of the day.

HungryHippos · 14 Feb 2023 at 18:53

BUDFORCE said:
Daaamn.

Only did 4kwh today, was foggy here most of the day.

Did you happen to see any hounds whilst out and about?

Troop · 14 Feb 2023 at 19:18

Three lovely sunny days, 16C today.
Not had to use the grid at all to charge the battery for the first 14 days of Feb, battery made it up to 95% today(17Kw) , looks like 4/5 days of poor solar weather coming.
More sun please

NoNameNoNumber · 14 Feb 2023 at 19:42

Hi guys, new here... we had a pv system fitted yesterday, so today is our 1st day of production.
7 panels facing SE and 10 facing SW in the east midlands
395w Qcells
3.6kW Sunsynk inverter
5.12kW/hr Sunsynk battery

All morning was foggy until around 13:00 where we were at about 800W then the sun kinda broke through and we were producing ~2kW

6.7kW/hr produced today.
Total usage was 12kW

We've signed the g98 form, whats next in terms of being able to export?
Will Eon automatically take care if it or do we need to do anything?

gpuerrilla · 14 Feb 2023 at 20:11

What info did your installer mention about it?

NoNameNoNumber · 14 Feb 2023 at 20:19

We paid the outstanding balance today, they said once accounts confirm the payment as received, we'll get the handover pack and the manuals etc.

gpuerrilla · 14 Feb 2023 at 20:32

Yeah so you will have to fill in some info and give it to your installer. You can find your own export supplier if you want to pick one yourself. I got my handover pack and completed the stuff the same day.

Ron-ski · 14 Feb 2023 at 20:45

A perfect solar day 13.17kWh 3.2925 efficiency

Welshman said:
Just looking at pvoutput live….is @iwrox system reading right, hes got a 4.2kwh system, putting out 4.4kwhs

I'm not sure who that is, but their generation for the day 19.1kWh looks rather high for a 4.235kw system, noticed that the other day as well, but its south facing at 35 degree pitch.

Welshman · 14 Feb 2023 at 21:14

Ron-ski said:
A perfect solar day 13.17kWh 3.2925 efficiency

I'm not sure who that is, but their generation for the day 19.1kWh looks rather high for a 4.235kw system, noticed that the other day as well, but its south facing at 35 degree pitch.

Yeh but they were putting out 800watts at 6pm……it was dark then

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 14 Feb 2023 at 21:16

Maybe iwox is in the canaries

Welshman · 14 Feb 2023 at 21:18

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
Maybe iwox is in the canaries

Hes isle of sheppey according to pv……but even with south array and 35deg, he cant be putting 4.4kwhs on a 4.25 system in winter.

gpuerrilla · 14 Feb 2023 at 21:20

Imagine he was in the valleys...

Welshman · 14 Feb 2023 at 21:36

gpuerrilla said:
Imagine he was in the valleys...

Id hunt him down lol……

we are currently suffering a power outagw, someone has cut a cable in the area……we are the only ones in the street with tv and lighting, because i got a fully charged solar portable generator @500whs, winning

Freefaller · 14 Feb 2023 at 21:41

NoNameNoNumber said:
Hi guys, new here... we had a pv system fitted yesterday, so today is our 1st day of production.
7 panels facing SE and 10 facing SW in the east midlands
395w Qcells
3.6kW Sunsynk inverter
5.12kW/hr Sunsynk battery

All morning was foggy until around 13:00 where we were at about 800W then the sun kinda broke through and we were producing ~2kW

6.7kW/hr produced today.
Total usage was 12kW

We've signed the g98 form, whats next in terms of being able to export?
Will Eon automatically take care if it or do we need to do anything?

You'll need an MCS certificate and installation diagram, and the letter to the DNO. Well at least that's what I needed to do.

You can then apply for the SEG that you want. You don't have to use EON you can apply to which ever SEG tariff that you want.

NoNameNoNumber · 14 Feb 2023 at 22:03

Thanks freefaller.
I guess octopus is the defacto supplier for their 15p export rate?

Any others worth looking into?

Freefaller · 14 Feb 2023 at 22:18

NoNameNoNumber said:
Thanks freefaller.
I guess octopus is the defacto supplier for their 15p export rate?

Any others worth looking into?

They also have an agile export rate that varies but many people stick to the 15p fixed rate. Although they're introducing a new tariff https://octopus.energy/smart/flux/

Which looks quite interesting. However I'd suggest getting a good year's worth of data or at least an indicative understanding of your winter generation to see if it makes sense for your system.

Zeeflyboy · 14 Feb 2023 at 22:45

Freefaller said:
Although they're introducing a new tariff https://octopus.energy/smart/flux/

huh... "Super cheap rates between 02:00 - 05:00 every day, when you can top up your battery with any extra energy you may need."

cost between 02:00 - 05:00 = 20.4p/kWh....

Super cheap issit?

Good export rate though if you dump the packs at the required time, but you'd have to get it right so as not to run out in the evening/night and start buying back at 34p

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