my system is producing 10.7 kWh at the moment and there’s only some sun
Highest I’ve seen since it was installed and it’s 1130sm
kW not kWh.
You either have produced 10kWh today or are producing 10kW.
If us solar nerds don't get the units right, nobody else will.
Where's the global warming in there being less sun though? That doesn't make sense.
This year has been worse than last already which was worse than 2023 which was worse than 2022.
Fair enough boss 😂
Total today ironically is gone over 10 at 10.2kwh
Producing 10.646kw atm
Hoping the trend does not continue
No more direct comparisons for me. 60% more PV😁
It actually does because its global warming, Ireland easily can see less sun but the globe continues to get warmer.
Yeah, as I understand it - warmer air means that the air is more capable of holding moisture. So places like us with effectively maritime climate will see more clouds - even though we are warmer as well. Hard to tell from 1-2 years though as its well within the realms of chance that one year is higher/lower than another by just fluke and not related to global warming - but it's concerning. Just looking at my own figures for 2023 (4656 kwh) and 2024 (4541 kwh) - it's ~2% different between years. Some months even beat the previous year. E.g. Aug 24 so hard to infer anything really.
I do remember May/June 2023 though and they were awesome in Ireland. Everyone did well in those months with solar.
I'm getting 5kw off a 7.8kw setup now, best since I got it installed in November and it's not totally sunny here either.
Thats why it's being called climate change. We're likely to get wetter and more extreme weather
I’m sure @graememk will explain but it’s heat energy too and today has been the warmest day of the year so far at my weather station,a Davis pro 2 co located with the solar array circa 16c since late morning
The warmer your panels are the more they’ll produce
They take a while to get going in my experience on real frosty mornings despite gin blue skies
I think actually, it's the opposite. They produce more when they are cold. It could just be the later of frost is affecting them
"The warmer your panels are the more they’ll produce"
Think you'll find the opposite is the case, panels like direct sun onto cold panels
Can this thread just go back to members posting their daily production??
Must start looking into wind turbines and maybe water generation too. We have a pipe from the road that exits onto the boundary of our land, it's flowing pretty well when it's raining heavily.
I know solar is the main focus but if I could do either of the above cheaply I'd like to try it for the novelty if nothing else.
maybe so but it seems no coincidence that mine pegged up a gear today
The earth didn’t change its axis 😂
Sure!
29.2kwh so far today south facing 15kw system ground mounted in Arklow
There's no maybe, it was just sunny and bright today.
not here where I am it wasn’t at the time of my post,it was actually 3/4 cloudy
But it was warmer than any day this year
I'm afraid the laws of physics are against you on this one, you will see it yourself soon enough when the panels really heat up.
I know,I know,I’m not saying I’ve discovered a new scientific truth here that hot panels are efficient
I’d say what I experienced today after a week of very dull weather was a sudden opening of the door to better solar radiation than we’ve had since I started
It was there and improving last week but too dark and dull with cloud to take effect
In farming we have a saying called magic day
When grass is growing faster than it’s been eaten
I guess there’s a magic day for solar too and today is a taste of things to come with that
Delighted with going solar after a ropey start
I'd say that's exactly what happened, my peak power is way up on what it was 7-10 days ago.
25.5 kwh today on my 5.95kwp SSE in Cork.
12.1kwh today. Nice to get one decent day!
8.6kWh today even though there was cloudy periods. Small system 1.7kWp S and 1.4 kWp W.
Will have to so sums on whether to charge battery overnight or turn off timed charging. 4kWh net battery 🔋
14.3kWh today North Dublin haven’t used any grid outside of charging the battery pre 11pm last two days
If you have EV rate/window, defo charge over night and sell everything during the day (Feed in priority) on Solis.
Not an EV rate but Energia smart tariff. Think 14 N, 26 D, 28 Peak. So can charge at night rate inc losses but with 4 kWh/day it's for **** n giggles to be honest, to help avoid peak rate for fun rather than financial reason.
currently in heavy wind and rain,production is 278 watts
still raining
Producing 1.6kw atm
No grid used today as there was still some batter from yesterday
Soc is now 30% and rising slowly as demand is only about 300 watts atm
Why didn't you charge it last night?
Because I usually have enough battery left in the morning for it to run everything and charge from the panels
I’ve three 5kw batteries and a 15kw ground mount south facing
