I am writing up my first year with solar and battery post. I will post it later this week.
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We produced 4441.7 kWh. This compared to the MCS prediction of 3513.38 kWh.
I used the standard unit rate to calculate what that would have cost to import and added the export of 1192.2 kWh which was £107.27. We saved £1592.41. Very happy with that.
I have posted our Solar Generation and Export numbers for November. I am trying a new format. Let me know what you think. I have also added the yearly graphs for east and west panels.
Halfway through the day and we are heading towards the perfect solar generation curve. Let's just pretend it is June and this will happen for the next four month. Unfortunately, it is September.
I’ve just ordered a new 3.2kWh battery. That means we will have 3x 3.2kWh Greenlinx batteries. My installer was having a sale. Normal price £3,500 + VAT. Sale price £2,400, including VAT and installation.
I should now be able to force discharge during the peak export rates. It might be too later for this year, but didn’t want to miss the sale.
What a terrible #Solcast forecast today, only 12kWh. This is mad for August!! More like March.
I decided to top up the battery overnight. Hopefully any decent sun will be exported to make up for the overnight charge a bit. It won’t cover all of it, of course. We have spent £1.07 so far today.
FIT tariff has been decommissioned. Now to get my SEG back. Then July can stop being rubbish and the sun can come out again. Ironically the battery has just fully charged and I am exporting 😀
Yesterday was best profit day. Not even the best best kWh day. I have decided to make sure iBoost doesn’t kick in during the best export times. It is all about timings.
Record breaking day yesterday. Biggest export, best export profit and the overall profit for a day. It might seem obvious that one should lead to the other, but with Agile it will depend when you are exporting. As you can see, thanks to #OctopusWatch graphs, we exporting at the best Agile rate.
Today could be good to. It might be touch and go if we beat tomorrow, today.