Just signed up for solar panels.. going green..
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Billy Fish
Striker
Yeah, they recently upped it from 4p and it's ideal for winter now when the odd sunny days do come round.
Mad how you get double the price for export than you pay for import but I'm sure Octopus themselves are still making a profit on both as they'll be playing the wholesale market prices.
If you're not already with Octopus feel free to use the referral link in above posts and we'll share £100 discount.
Today 10.8 and drawing on battery at the moment which is 62%
Since beginning of Feb when mine were installed I've generated nearly 3600 units.. so I reckon it will be about 4500-5000 for awhile year
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PTR
Striker
Can you deliberately discharge your batteries back into the grid and get the 15p SEG?
BBL
Midfield
I assume that's units and not KWh's!?
I thought that's what Octopus Intelligent Flux was set up to do?Can you deliberately discharge your batteries back into the grid and get the 15p SEG?
I need to spend more time on how the intelligence tariffs work.
I've done 5KWh today - will see what happens when the sun comes out over the weekend.
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Billy Fish
Striker
Yes, although I can't be faffed to do it but there's nothing stopping you.Can you deliberately discharge your batteries back into the grid and get the 15p SEG?
I've had mine in since beginning of April and have done 5150 off 20 panels. I'll guess it'll do about 6500 - 7000 over the calendar year.
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PTR
Striker
Aye, set it to discharge to 10% by the time the cheap rate starts, then charge back up - 8-10p profit per unit every day! Suppose the battery is only say 8khw though, so you can only get 50p or so per day lol
As mentioned, there are plans that manage this of course.
12 panels so I'm doing ok
Got neighbours out in Brittany who had solar panels fitted over the summer but reckoned they couldn’t get anything from them this week when the power was off after the storm because it needs electricity to run.
That can’t be right, Shirley?
That can’t be right, Shirley?
PTR
Striker
Does the inverter need mains power to run?
Billy Fish
Striker
Not quite right, the system needs to be set up with a gateway to go "off grid" during power cuts otherwise there's a risk that the power they generate goes back into the grid and electrocutes those working on the downed lines.
Mine doesn't have it, I could get it done but it costs about £1000 so not worth it when not prone to power cuts. A lot of the all in one solar/ battery systems like the new one from GivEnergy have it built in
cfg
Winger
If the system doesn’t isolate from the mains during a power outage then it will switch off.
Knocked out close to 10 units so far today.. bloody good for this time of the year..
Since there installation early this year I've generated 3.883mw
Should be through the 4mw per year easily
Happy with that
Just checked.. came online 28th Jan 2023
Since there installation early this year I've generated 3.883mw
Should be through the 4mw per year easily
Happy with that
Just checked.. came online 28th Jan 2023
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cfg
Winger
Great, I've had mine a bit longer than you (May 2022) Comparing my last full year before I had them installed, I've reduced my electricity consumption by 2/3 and gas by 1/2 per annum.
Generated 3,877kWh in last 12 months and exported 1,370 kWh.
Far exceeded my expectations.
BBL
Midfield
Struggling in Surrey today - too cloudy, so only generated 3.5kW all day - was getting over 15kW on a clear day last week.
Billy Fish
Striker
Managed 22.4kW today which is bloody good for a cold last day of November and should just manage to put my tipping point into December.
As it stands now since about 28th March I've generated 5,892kW and consumed 5,857kW, I've just plugged the car in and the battery will start charging at 11:00 but hopefully I see out the month having still generated more than consumed (which includes loads of car charging so far)
With a good sunny March I'm hoping to get at least 6,500kW in the calender year since installation which iirc was what was projected so pleased with that.
Just had another look and the projected annual output is 6868kW.
It looks like Feb & March should actually generate quite a bit more than Oct/Nov so if that's the case it should get there.
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Billy Fish
Striker
26kWh today with 14 exported at 15p, great effort for early Jan.
Just shows even on a freezing cold day you can still get good numbers on a cloudless bright day.
Just shows even on a freezing cold day you can still get good numbers on a cloudless bright day.
