April 2023 Generation

[marshman]

128.2 kWh/kWpk

[Joeboy]

Solaredge 426kWh
Victron 450kWh
WT1 443kWh
Total generation 1,319kWh. All generators quite closely balanced.

441kWh combined gas & electricity grid purchase. Almost all the electricity went to EV and a touch of gas at the start of April to heat house.

Its getting there!

[Krill]

Capacity 6.4kWp
Orientation 199 degrees
Slope ~40 degrees
Lat 53.0
Generation 460kWh (Comissioned 4/4/23)
Export 164.6kWh
Import 32kWh (majority of which was measured after Lux inverter was installed but before PV was turned on).


PVGIS suggests 660kWp or higher. Weather has been trash over here, four days generated 130kWh and a further four days generated 90.2kWh. Regardless, battery has been fine and met majority of need minus some getting used to how to manage the loads during cooking. All that said shading is probably playing a part as well in the later afternoon in April (and probably will in August? Time will tell)

[Joeboy]

DP

[Joeboy]

Bill should be around £40 for grid. Generation should bring in about £160. That part I find hard to get my head around as it will go towards DW and perpetuate our RE life.

[cycling_mike]

Sorry joeboy, probably* me being thick but in the following

That part I find hard to get my head around as it will go towards DW and perpetuate our RE life .....what does DW and RE stand for?

* should read definitely

Mike

[Yuff]

I managed 501 kWh generation, which is as much as I generated in Jan/feb/mar.
Thanks to IO and scheduled slots i’m using 99% off peak.
Before I discovered how to use IO to my benefit I was using a lot more kWh and paying even more for the privilege as I was charging batteries and heating the house during the coldest part of the night between 23.30-05.30.
IO gave me a lot more flexibility, reduced our consumption and increased the off peak use.
Unfortunately until I read a couple of forums I didn’t use IO properly and it also was stopping me using a free public charger because it was controlling the charging even though I hit no benefit as I wasn’t at home.
Goal for next winter, is more battery capacity, faster inverter and a few more panels

[Joeboy]

Sorry joeboy, probably* me being thick but in the following

That part I find hard to get my head around as it will go towards DW and perpetuate our RE life .....what does DW and RE stand for?

* should read definitely

Mike

No worries Mike, I fell into the trap of everyone knows what I know. Derril Water, Ripples upcoming solar park.
Renewable Energy.

We are in the fortunate position where current RE investment payouts can partly fund further RE investment, part of the year. This is my first month (ever) where this is a reality for us.

[Fintray]

My results for April were:

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

Total generation: 394kWh

Daily average: 13.1kWh

Generation per kWp: 101.8kWh

Daily average per kWp: 3.4kWh

PVGIS: 349kWh

%PVGIS: 113%

[nowty]

Nowty Towers Power Station
Main 4kW PV system generated 409 kWh which is 12% lower than baseline and the second worst April on record for me in 12 years.
Total PV arrays generated 1003 kWh.

Electric Import was 383 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 406 kWh

Electric export was 110 kWh.
WT1 generated 511 kWh.
Total energy offset 621 kWh

Net energy import for Nowty Towers Minus 215 kWh

2023 (to date) Net Energy Import 3024 kWh