Contemporary build in north Dorset

So impressed with your progress so far.  Lets hope that it continues in the same vein.

All looking great, how much output are you hoping for from the solar PV? Have you given Mrs V her gardening budget yet😂 All the best, Roger and Angela

50 minutes ago, Roger Cross said:

All looking great, how much output are you hoping for from the solar PV? Have you given Mrs V her gardening budget yet 😂  All the best, Roger and Angela

Haha thank you so much!  I knew there could only be one @Roger Cross 😁 

 

Re the PV panels: we have 14.8kW of panels from which we'd hope to generate about 14 to 15,000 kWh per year (this based on our experience with the previous 4kW set-up at Ancombe). We are limited by the DNO to a 7kW export cap but we'll have 20kWh of batteries and should be able to export most of what we generate each day by spreading the export over the whole day.  

 

That's the theory anyway. 

 

I used this tool - a bit clunky but detailed.

https://re.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pvg_tools/en/#api_5.3

 

Garden budget...  Er 😬   How much is a few packets of seeds anyway? 🤣

 

 

That's a neat in-roof install method, great to see new innovations for making neat and cost efficient installs. ( I say new, maybe this is old hat but it's 6+ years since I researched RIS for my own install)

Using battery to smooth out export within your export cap is excellent idea, but doing so optimally is an interesting problem in sunshine and  price forecasting. Do you already have tech solution in mind for that?

 

 

18 minutes ago, joth said:

That's a neat in-roof install method, great to see new innovations for making neat and cost efficient installs. ( I say new, maybe this is old hat but it's 6+ years since I researched RIS for my own install)

Using battery to smooth out export within your export cap is excellent idea, but doing so optimally is an interesting problem in sunshine and  price forecasting. Do you already have tech solution in mind for that?

 

 

Er no... that's a winter project 😂  Good point though - needs some thought.

29 minutes ago, joth said:

That's a neat in-roof install method, great to see new innovations for making neat and cost efficient installs. ( I say new, maybe this is old hat but it's 6+ years since I researched RIS for my own install)

Using battery to smooth out export within your export cap is excellent idea, but doing so optimally is an interesting problem in sunshine and  price forecasting. Do you already have tech solution in mind for that?

 

 

Agreed a very neat integrated looking install. Looks similar to some of the new builds on the road to Dundee. They look like part of the roof rather than plonked on top of the roof.