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My results for February were:

3.87 kWp, slope 50 degrees, due south, lat 57.15

Total generation: 166kWh

Daily average: 5.93kWh

Generation per kWp: 42.9kWh

Daily average per kWp: 1.53kWh

PVGIS: 167kWh

%PVGIS: 99.4%

February results here in Cornwall.

FIT system = 263.2kWh
Synsynk system = 169.9kWh (system closes down once batteries full/load met)

95.7 kWh here, 21.3 kWh per kWp and 99% of prediction... Nice, after 113% of prediction in January too.

p.s. just passed the 3 MWh PV milestone too! Just over 1 year's generation, I never imagined I would be talking about MegaWatts!

Terrible February production. I mean it's never good, being winter, but this year the panels were snow covered much of the month. When we get the total snow in one or two big storms, each time within a few days likely to have avalanched off the panels. But if instead 3-4" every few days, can stay snow covered, as the time to avalanche about the same for 3" as it is for 12".

Nowty Towers Power Station
Main 4kW PV system generated 166 kWh which is 17% below baseline.
Total PV arrays generated 558 kWh.

Electric Import was 2708 kWh.
Gas import was 23 kWh.
Out of house EV charging was 0 kWh.
Petrol used in EV hybrid was 0 kWh.
Total imported energy use 2731 kWh

Solar PV / Battery electric export was 968 kWh.
Ripple GF wind farm generated 1055 kWh.
Ripple KH wind farm generated 716 kWh.
Total energy offset 2739 kWh.

Net energy import/export (this month) for Nowty Towers 8 kWh

Net Energy Import/export (cumulative this year 2025) for Nowty Towers 113 kWh.

Some figures from me:

Import: 2,221kWH
Export: 507kWh

I've been on a mission to measure consumption and therefore have monitors on various devices. Frustraitingly not on the EV charging. If anyone knows of a cheapo energy monitor, let me know. I don't want to pay £70 for the Shelly one! But here are some figures form the devices I do measure:

A2A: 292kWh
Living room heater: 132kWh
Kitchen heater: 114kWh
Tumbler: 65kWh
Storage Heater (garden office): 60kWh
Dishwasher: 45kWh
Washing Machine: 42kWh
Boiling Tap: 33kWh

Sunsynk main system generated 168kWh, vs PVGIS of 150, which is good, very much helped by the last 3 days of the month!
Hoymiles man-cave system generated 46kWh.

Definitely on the up, spring has sprung / or not quite, depending which version you use

MikeNovack wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 1:24 pm Terrible February production. I mean it's never good, being winter, but this year the panels were snow covered much of the month. When we get the total snow in one or two big storms, each time within a few days likely to have avalanched off the panels. But if instead 3-4" every few days, can stay snow covered, as the time to avalanche about the same for 3" as it is for 12".

We had the panels completely covered for a whole week in January, which is pretty unusual these days - it's very rare to get snow staying on the ground for long.

richbee wrote: ↑Sat Mar 01, 2025 7:35 pm We had the panels completely covered for a whole week in January, which is pretty unusual these days - it's very rare to get snow staying on the ground for long.

Well I am in a different climate. We've had no bare ground at our house since Thanksgiving (end of November). Mind, two miles down where our road meets the highway there have been periods of open ground (about 300' lower elevation). And down in the nearest "city" where we can shop, most of the time bare ground (about 700' lower elevation.

Global warming is climate, not weather. Here whether get snow or rain in winter depends depends more on storm track than anything else, whether we are on the warm or cold side of the storm. The projection for us is for warmer, but not less snow because storms stronger, and still usually cold enough for it to be snow, not rain.

I'm on the full fat FiT and February was the end of the quarter.

£250 for the worst three months bot too shabby.