Solar PV Performance Thread - Post your monthly output

SD_DRACULA

Not as bad of a month as expected, brutal towards the end though

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122680208#Comment_122680208

That export is nuts🤣

loyatemu

a lot of very dull (<5kWh) days in September, this is our first year with solar so I don't know if this is a good or bad result (6.5kWp E/W in Wicklow)

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122680324#Comment_122680324

Looks about right for your system size and orientation.👍️

SD_DRACULA

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122680263#Comment_122680263

Going to miss it from this month on 😫 the countdown to house shading has begun

bullit_dodger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122680344#Comment_122680344

Yup, I've a 6.5Kwp setup (exactly E/W) in south Dublin city and only got 357kwh. Your doing pretty well there with 445kWh considering your only just down the road. I do however have the clouds roll off the Dublin hills beside me…..always seem to linger about in it's only little microclimate :-(

iwasliedto

South dublin, 10kwp panels with 5kwh inverter. Seems like it was a duller month on the east coast than other parts of the country.

ECO_Mental

391 kWh for October which is just about average I would say. 6.1 kWp South facing and just south of Cork city

Jeeze 2022 was a great year!

Exiled Rebel

7.78kWp array, no battery, all electric house (2100sq ft new build bungalow). West Waterford.

A big drop off in production this month.

The bill for the month is €30. Had I not solar the bill would have been €115.

€300 in credit built up over the summer is now down to €270. Long live FIT!

loyatemu

October yield - 296kWh from a 6.5 kW system.

Incidentally I added up my electricity bills since the start of the year and my current running total is only €80. This is despite only getting solar in March and buying an EV in July. €300 in govt credits (so far) and nearly €500 in FIT.

CONSI

October yield - 388.09kWh from a 6.5 kW system, Limerick, up from 375.39 last October. 5.61mwh so far this year

curioustony

October for me was below average, but not the worst.

The buy sell mix continues towards winter

In real money

With the EV rate percentage dropping

Plenty of credit on the account, with more coming. That really could have been better spent. Pity.

John mac

October stats, 7.4Kw east/west. Mayo

Total 244.9 kWh …………….(Oct 23 .. 259.3….. Oct 22..248.8)

Best day……1st …17kWh

Worst day ..5th ..0.7kWh

munsterfan2

7.2kw/h South Facing - Meath

Total 416kwh

Worst 18th - 1.1kwh

Best 14th 33.5kwh

tech

7.9KW south facing

Panrich

6.45KW SSW Meath. Hit the one year milestone last month as well. 5.8 MWH for the full year.

rgfuller

36th Month

Dublin - Lucan - October 24 - 7.12kW installed (S: 3.45kW, E: 2.41kW, W: 1.38kW). E&W Optimised. 5KWh Battery, (30 S & 22.5 E/W degree pitch).

Total Generation: 323kWh (247kWh self use (inc. battery), 76kWh to grid)

Best Day: October 3rd - 21.3kWh

Worst Day: October 31st - 2.1kWh

Total Consumption: 489kWh (50% Solar: 50% Grid Import (246kWh))

Milestones & Info:

October 2023 :: Generation 308kWh, Consumption 507kWh

October 2022 :: Generation 355kWh, Consumption 407kWh

3 Years since install. 16.7MWh generated, 15.7MWh consumed.

46kWh to Eddi for October.

2024 - Monthly PV Savings :: Expected FIT €14.82 + Money Saved on Energy from PV :: €76.57:: Total €91.39 for October. (FIT@19.5c/kWh, AvgUnitCstSaving@0.31c/kWh)

2024 - Annual PV Saving progress :: (Jan 54.79, Feb 76.26, Mar 115.33, Apr 186.31, May 212.40, Jun 219.40, Jul 184.03, Aug 166.63, Sep 118.49, Oct 91.39) = €1425.03 Total saved/earned due to PV in 2024.

iwasliedto

10KW of panels with 5k inverter, South Dublin.

SD_DRACULA

Winter is upon us ❄️

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122801773#Comment_122801773

That's some serious export. What is that worth, 200 quid?

j62

kWh on left axis, last few months, can’t seem to view more than couple weeks at daily granularity

4.5KW east and south facing in west of Ireland

SD_DRACULA

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122801950#Comment_122801950

Thereabouts yeah.

But October was milder than usual, except for the last week or so, and until now the sun hasn't come out, so dark times ahead 😔

championc

October Stats - Sth Dublin

Generation – 316.1 kWh
4.0kWp N - 84.3 kWh
Eddi - 36.3 kWh
Zappi - 102.1 kWh

Meter Readings 09293 (H+|1 9155 - up 867 / H+|2 123 - up 2 / H+|3 15 - up 0 / H- 6839 - up 337) - Gas DISCONNECTED !!!

Pinergy - Imported 867 @ 5c & 2 @ 40c / Exported 337 @ 25c - Credit €40.10

Vaillant Heatpump - Consumed 102kWh / Yield 389kWh - COP 3.8 (still tweaking things)

Totals so far:

2.7kWp main roof + 1.2kWp on shed (S)


Month    |   2020 |   2021 |   2022 |   2023 |   2024 |

---------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+

January  |     75 |     56 |     81 |     76 |     71 |

February |    122 |    142 |    111 |    134 |    144 |

March    |    200 |    269 |    370 |    245 |    237 |

April    |    279 |    373 |    372 |    320 |    366 |

May      |    396 |    430 |    445 |    449 |    407 |

June     |    264 |    425 |    425 |    341 |    423 |

July     |    261 |    387 |    407 |    341 |    401 |

August   |    254 |    264 |    435 |    332 |    424 |

September|    268 |    248 |    242 |    279 |    230 |

October  |    151 |    185 |    221 |    173 |    216 |

November |     90 |     78 |     96 |     89 |        |

December |     56 |     52 |     55 |     44 |        |

---------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+

Total    |   2.41 |   2.90 |   3.26 |   2.80 |   2.92 |

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4.0kWp on main roof (N) 


Month    |   2023 |   2024 |

---------+--------+--------+

January  |        |     27 |

February |        |     65 |

March    |        |    135 |

April    |        |    265 |

May      |        |    342 |

June     |    441 |    427 |

July     |    385 |    373 |

August   |    301 |    330 |

September|    163 |    143 |

October  |     83 |     84 |

November |     38 |        |

December |     24 |        |

---------+--------+--------+

Total    |   1.61 |   2.19 |

curioustony

Well it's official. November `24 sucked. About 2/3 the generation of a normal year.

Really messed up my buy sell mix. In full winter mode early.

Plus my 40% discount ends on the 6th.

tommythecat

Yeah got 86kwh for November. It's still my first year ( installation in January) so hopefully for better next year!

GhostInTheRuins

First full month with the panels, can't but be a little disappointed with their production. 127kWh produced on a 4.4kpw sse system. Not looking forward to December, but I'm really looking forward to March!

GhostInTheRuins

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122908315#Comment_122908315

It looks like you've a similar size and orientation system to mine, how has your year been overall?

graememk

Im down 23% on Nov last year.

Its been a dark month, Dry and warm(relatively) generally but very cloudy

tommythecat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122908337#Comment_122908337

Well obviously based off others here the year seems to have been fairly poor. I've had some very good days in the summer. Overall fairly happy. The system has generated 3.152MWh since late January.

curioustony

136° is SSE+1°

First and last year's are partial, though in fairness my average for Dec is about 65kWh.

I do have partial shading from mid Nov to mid Feb