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Solar PV Performance Thread - Post your monthly output

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  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,829 Mod ✭✭✭✭graememk


    Still one more day in October, maybe we'll get 1-2kwh more lol


  • Registered Users Posts: 12,201 ✭✭✭✭DrPhilG


    graememk wrote: »
    Still one more day in October, maybe we'll get 1-2kwh more lol

    Exactly. I didn't think I'd break 1kWh this morning, full blown storm outside. Bins scattered etc.

    Looking quite nice now, generating 600w+.


  • Registered Users Posts: 38 Rzeznik


    graememk wrote: »
    Still one more day in October, maybe we'll get 1-2kwh more lol


    true :) Have to say, it is good day today considering it is Oct. Will edit it in the evening ;)

    Edited...3,3 yehey ;)


  • Registered Users Posts: 826 ✭✭✭mun1


    mun1 wrote: »
    Sept 2020

    Total generated 301 kWh
    Power bought from grid 274kWhr
    Solar power to grid 51kWhr
    Monthly self use rate 78%
    [/QUOTE]

    October 2020
    3.7kw PV array

    Total generated 223 kwhr

    Power from grid 363 kwhr
    Solar to grid 25kwhr
    Monthly self use rate 84%


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,076 ✭✭✭gman2k


    South KK South facing 2.56kw

    Sept 214 kwh
    Oct 148 kwh


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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭garo


    garo wrote: »
    4.8 kWp E/W. 2.4kWh battery. 24 degree slope.

    September(kWh):
    Production: 357 (335 predicted)
    Consumption: 541 (496 pred.) Consumption numbers going to be off from now due to EV purchase.
    Import: 227 (128d, 131n) (254 pred.)
    Export: 43 (93 pred.)

    Best day: 13th: 18.2
    Worst day: 30th: 3.7

    October ended on a good note. 7.1 kWh today.

    4.8 kWp E/W. 2.4kWh battery. 24 degree slope.
    October(kWh):
    Production: 219 (200 predicted)
    Consumption: 701 (512 pred.) ~120kWh in the car so prediction is off. Also WFH effect.
    Import: 494 (225d, 269n) (342 pred.)
    Export: 12 (30 pred.)

    Best day: 2nd: 14.5
    Worst day: 13th: 1.1


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭MAULBROOK


    South East direction in north Wexford.
    6.2kw Solar

    October 371.6kw
    Best day, Oct 14th 21.8kw
    Worst Day Oct 29th 1.4kw.
    Exported 17kw
    Imported 80.7kw


  • Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭Gazzler82


    Cork SE 3Kw

    122.6kwh produced
    Best 2nd 9.4kWh
    Worst 18/19/29 0.8kWh


  • Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭Winterman1234


    September Values, South East facing 2.4kw,Donegal

    Generation - 153kWh
    Grid Consumption - 98kWh
    Hot Water Eddi - 51kWh
    Lowest Daily Gen on the 22nd - 0.6kWh
    Highest Daily Gen on the 19th - 11.1kWh

    October Values, South East facing 2.4kw, Donegal

    Generation - 120kWh
    Grid Consumption - 120kWh
    Hot Water Eddi - 32kWh
    Lowest Daily Gen on the 19th - 0.2kWh
    Highest Daily Gen on the 3rd - 7.8kWh


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭championc


    championc wrote: »
    3.6kw South Facing - South Dublin - 22 deg slope - 16.8kWh Lead-Acid Batteries
    Live System Link - https://www.solarmanpv.com/portal/Terminal/TerminalMain.aspx?pid=95390

    January Generated - 75kw
    February Generated - 121.55kw
    March Generated - 200.59kw
    April Generated - 279.11kw
    May Generated - 396.34kw
    June Generated - 264.13kw
    July Generated - 261.88kw
    August Generated - 254.10kw
    September Generated - 268.62kw

    October Generated - 151.43kw / Consumed - 380.14kw / Imported - 292.45kw / Exported - 8.57kw / Eddi - 20kw / Zappi 0kw
    Batteries - Charged 151.1kw / Discharged 111.49kw

    Meter Readings 01812 (00492 Day / 01320 Night)


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  • Registered Users Posts: 12,201 ✭✭✭✭DrPhilG


    DrPhilG wrote: »
    September Stats
    6.2kWp (2.8 south/3.4 west), 4.8kWh battery, Zappi & Eddi – Donegal

    Generation – 437.2kWh
    Export – 59.9kWh
    Import – 201.4kWh

    Best day - 19th, 25.7kWh
    Worst day - 22nd, 4.7kWh

    October Stats
    6.2kWp (2.8 south/3.4 west), 4.8kWh battery, Zappi & Eddi – Donegal

    Generation – 254.3kWh
    Export – 13.3kWh
    Import – 383.5kWh

    Eddi - 21.3Kwh
    Zappi - 71.6kWh

    Best day - 1st, 20.9kWh
    Worst day - 4th, 0.4kWh!


  • Registered Users Posts: 203 ✭✭jimmyging


    6.2 kw south wexford
    Oct generation 383 kw/hrs


  • Registered Users Posts: 312 ✭✭E30M3


    E30M3 wrote: »
    5.6 KW Arrays South East
    4.2 East / 1.4 West
    Best Day 9th September 25.3
    Worst Day 2nd September 5.7

    First full months production here
    475.6 KWH or 15.85 average per day


    October 2020

    Best Day 2nd October 17.2 Kwh
    Worst Day 29th October 1 Kwh

    271 Kwh or 8.74 average per day


  • Registered Users Posts: 156 ✭✭bod71


    Dublin South. 4kw split. SE/NW. Sept gen. 235kwh. Oct gen. 130kwh.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭irishchris


    2.88kw system in Galway
    Oct production - 159kwh. Only installed for three weeks of October though so next month will be first full one, shame it is November though!


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 38,474 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    October 196.95 kWh

    3 kw system in North Dublin. South facing.
    And on a positive note, I should be adding 2.04 kw of panels this month along with a 5.2 kWh battery :)


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,829 Mod ✭✭✭✭graememk


    October Stats
    5.6kwp, SE, No battery, HW divert, Donegal Low angle (15 -20 degrees)

    Generation : 239kWh
    Solar Use(ex divert) : 114.7kWh
    Divert : 79.9 kWh
    Export :43.8 kWh

    about 48% self consumption ex hw divert, with HW its about 80%

    in the 2 fantastic weeks in sept generated 206kwh!

    Notes on the HW divert:
    Was set to a 400w buffer until mid oct to stop it fighting with the hob when its left on... Currently dialed back to 200w

    Also now that there is a fire on constantly, HW tank never passes 60C, thus never reaching the cutoff of a hot tank as any "excess" heat is removed by the circulation pumps and sent around the house. Suppose its being used to heat the house in some fashion.

    edit: Predictions
    PVGIS-SARAH (Most pessimistic) Predicted 222.11 Kwh for Oct,
    PVGIS-COSMO is the closest with 239.95 Kwh

    Predictions for Nov
    SARAH - 107kWh
    COSMO - 115.63kWh

    We shall see how the predictions pan out.


  • Registered Users Posts: 548 ✭✭✭idc


    October 233.4 kWh
    4.65 kWp (2.17 SE, 2.48 SW) North Dublin


    Best Days 1st/2nd October 17.2 Kwh (both days same!)
    Worst Day 4th October 1.3 Kwh


  • Registered Users Posts: 297 ✭✭spose


    Just hit 12 months since installation. 4.7 E/W split
    Produced 3822
    Sent to water diverter 1295
    Bought in 4373
    Exported 350,

    Really happy with it so far


  • Registered Users Posts: 64,851 ✭✭✭✭unkel


    That 's a very high self use rate (57% excluding diversion). I presume you got a battery?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 297 ✭✭spose


    No battery, like a lot of people this year house is occupied all day and a lot of washing machine, dishwasher and dryer cycles


  • Registered Users Posts: 312 ✭✭E30M3


    November 2020

    5.6 KW Arrays South East
    4.2 East / 1.4 West

    Very underwhelming 120.7 Kwh
    or Avg of 4 Kwh per day

    Best day 4th 9.3
    Worst day 11th 0.3

    However I have 2 15 metre eucalyptus on the southern side that are playing havoc with my figures from about midday due to shading so I know I need to deal with those and should see some improvement to this time of the year when I do.


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,470 ✭✭✭MAULBROOK


    South East direction in north Wexford.
    6.2kw Solar

    November 189.7kw
    Best day, Nov 4th 16.4kw
    Worst Day Nov 30th 0.2kw.
    Exported 7.3kw
    Imported 248.8kw

    Im charging the 7kw battery on night rate so the majority of the import is night rate.


  • Registered Users Posts: 826 ✭✭✭mun1


    mun1 wrote: »

    October 2020
    3.7kw PV array

    Total generated 223 kwhr

    Power from grid 363 kwhr
    Solar to grid 25kwhr
    Monthly self use rate 84%[/QUOTE]


    November 2020
    3.7kw PV array

    Total generated 101 kwhr

    Power from grid 534kwhr
    Solar to grid 6kwhr
    Monthly self use rate 88%


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,541 ✭✭✭wexfordman2


    Kkwp systems east cork.

    Generated 162kwh
    Exported 27kwh
    Imported 536 (50% of that would have been night rate)
    Consumed 661
    661


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,170 ✭✭✭irishchris


    2.88kwp SW facing. Galway

    78.8kwh Generated
    78.1kwh Self-Consumed
    0.7 kWh Exported
    353.6 kWh Imported


  • Registered Users Posts: 548 ✭✭✭idc


    November Generated 113.2. kWh - 4.65 kWp (2.17 SE, 2.48 SW) North Dublin
    0.64 kWh exported
    265 kWh imported

    Best Days 3rd November 8.5 kWh
    Worst Day 30th November 0.8 kWh

    Based on https://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvg_tools/en/tools.html should of produced around 148 kWh for my setup but it does not take shading into account (well it can i just havn't worked out exactly how to do it) but happy all the same. was within 75% of that value.


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,069 ✭✭✭championc


    championc wrote: »
    3.6kw South Facing - South Dublin - 22 deg slope - 10kWh LiFePO4 Batteries
    Live System Link - https://www.solarmanpv.com/portal/Terminal/TerminalMain.aspx?pid=95390

    January Generated - 75kWh
    February Generated - 121.55kWh
    March Generated - 200.59kWh
    April Generated - 279.11kWh
    May Generated - 396.34kWh
    June Generated - 264.13kWh
    July Generated - 261.88kWh
    August Generated - 254.10kWh
    September Generated - 268.62kWh
    October Generated - 151.43kWh

    November Generated - 90.4kw / Consumed - 333.8kw / Imported - 292.18kw / Exported - 6kw / Eddi - 12kw / Zappi 0kw
    Batteries - Charged 207.21kw / Discharged 189.07kw (91.24%)

    Meter Readings 02137 (00528 Day / 01609 Night)


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,829 Mod ✭✭✭✭graememk


    graememk wrote: »
    October Stats

    Predictions for Nov
    SARAH - 107kWh
    COSMO - 115.63kWh

    We shall see how the predictions pan out.

    5.6kwp, SE, No battery, HW divert, Donegal Low angle (15 -20 degrees), Have Some shading in the low sun.

    Generation : 101.7kWh
    Solar Use(ex divert) : 65.7kWh (65%)
    Divert : 22.4 kWh (22%)
    Export :13.9 kWh


    Prediction for Dec : Website :52 kWh, but Id say it would be more like 40.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 88 ✭✭Winterman1234


    October Values, South East facing 2.4kw, Donegal

    Generation - 120kWh
    Grid Consumption - 120kWh
    Hot Water Eddi - 32kWh
    Lowest Daily Gen on the 19th - 0.2kWh
    Highest Daily Gen on the 3rd - 7.8kWh

    November Values, South East, 2.4kwp,Donegal

    (Predicted Gen - 62kWh)

    Actual Gen - 35.5kWh
    Grid Consumption - 167kWh
    Hot Water Eddi - 10.2kWh
    Lowest Daily Gen on the 23rd - 0.1kWh
    Highest Daily Gen on the 7th - 4.4kWh


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