Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?
Re: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?
There is a voting sheet on Ripple community page for KH visit. I went for 25th Aug as I'm out the country on other two dates
15kW PV SE, VI, HM, EN
42kWh LFPO4 storage
7kW ASHP
200ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
WBSx2
Low energy bulbs
Veg patches & fruit trees
42kWh LFPO4 storage
7kW ASHP
200ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
WBSx2
Low energy bulbs
Veg patches & fruit trees
Re: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?
May capacity factor graph for GF.
There had been some moaning on other forums for the poor May performance but it actually was 0.1% ahead of the baseline.

There had been some moaning on other forums for the poor May performance but it actually was 0.1% ahead of the baseline.


18.7kW PV > 110MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 31MWh generated
6 Other RE Coop's
105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
Rain water use > 520 m3
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 31MWh generated
6 Other RE Coop's
105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
Rain water use > 520 m3
Re: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?
This just in on a mail from Ripple regarding the site visit.
"Your Kirk Hill Savings Data
Your Kirk Hill savings will start from the 1st of June, (
) but there will not be generation data available on your Ripple accounts immediately. Now we have started to receive the data we can develop the generation views on your Ripple accounts. It will take a little time but we anticipate the first basic data to be ready in a few weeks and we will continue to evolve the graphs and data feeds over the coming months. "

"Your Kirk Hill Savings Data
Your Kirk Hill savings will start from the 1st of June, (


15kW PV SE, VI, HM, EN
42kWh LFPO4 storage
7kW ASHP
200ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
WBSx2
Low energy bulbs
Veg patches & fruit trees
42kWh LFPO4 storage
7kW ASHP
200ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
WBSx2
Low energy bulbs
Veg patches & fruit trees
Re: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?
15kW PV SE, VI, HM, EN
42kWh LFPO4 storage
7kW ASHP
200ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
WBSx2
Low energy bulbs
Veg patches & fruit trees
42kWh LFPO4 storage
7kW ASHP
200ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
WBSx2
Low energy bulbs
Veg patches & fruit trees
Re: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?
Looks like double bubble for today, GF ramping up nicely too, but KH should be doing the heavy lifting today assuming the hydraulics aren't leaking. 
EDIT - Wind forecast for the whole week ahead looks very good for KH.

EDIT - Wind forecast for the whole week ahead looks very good for KH.

18.7kW PV > 110MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 31MWh generated
6 Other RE Coop's
105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
Rain water use > 520 m3
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 31MWh generated
6 Other RE Coop's
105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
Rain water use > 520 m3
Re: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?
Of the potential Magnificent Seven I wonder if any others may have an interest in Celtic Renewables over on the east coast at Grangemouth.
We invested on a couple of previous occasions and they are running a third raise now, afraid our funds our exhausted so not able to take part this time but did wonder if they might consider fitting in a tour of their plant while we're up there. Bit of a long shot I know, but did suggest as much on the Crowdcube platform and surprisingly received a response seeking our email address to pass on!
They are producing acetone, butane & ethanol from green waste products to replace those items currently supplied via Fossil Fuels. It is not new as this was how they were produced prior to FF discovery but now have renewed interest as the world strives towards reducing it's dependency upon CO2 emitting products and processors.
Not a recommendation, just passing on in case of interest.
Re: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?
Surveyor has just been out and recommended a full re-fit of the CWI
Mitsubishi Ecodan
ASHP 8.5kW x 2
12 x 460w Solar panels
9.5kWh GivEnergy
Batteries x 2
EVs x 4 240 kWh Batteries
Ripple 5.8 kW PV 0.547 kW Whitelaw Brae
ASHP 8.5kW x 2
12 x 460w Solar panels
9.5kWh GivEnergy
Batteries x 2
EVs x 4 240 kWh Batteries
Ripple 5.8 kW PV 0.547 kW Whitelaw Brae
Re: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?
Ok, finally gone and added a humungous 200W of Whitelaw Brae wind farm to my portfolio - didn't want FOMO to kick in 

Solar PV since July '22:
5.6kWp east/west facing
3.6kW Sunsynk hybrid inverter
2x 5.12kWh Sunsynk batteries
1.6kWp Hoymiles East/West facing PV on the man cave
Ripple DW 2kW
Ripple WB 200W
5.6kWp east/west facing
3.6kW Sunsynk hybrid inverter
2x 5.12kWh Sunsynk batteries
1.6kWp Hoymiles East/West facing PV on the man cave
Ripple DW 2kW
Ripple WB 200W
Re: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?
DW update out - looks like we will see something this year - maybe....
Solar PV since July '22:
5.6kWp east/west facing
3.6kW Sunsynk hybrid inverter
2x 5.12kWh Sunsynk batteries
1.6kWp Hoymiles East/West facing PV on the man cave
Ripple DW 2kW
Ripple WB 200W
5.6kWp east/west facing
3.6kW Sunsynk hybrid inverter
2x 5.12kWh Sunsynk batteries
1.6kWp Hoymiles East/West facing PV on the man cave
Ripple DW 2kW
Ripple WB 200W
Re: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?
Hadyard Hill is seeing 8.2m/s wind speed today, lets hope all 8 KH turbines are spinning, I wonder when the dashboard will appear with some basic data, surely it wont be the end of the month ?
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