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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Andy_WSM wrote: »
    so no doubt be some Northerners reminding us how grim it is up there later :A
    Not from my end it aint, just over 3.25 O's and still going nicelysmiley-laughing001.gif
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • rosythfifer
    rosythfifer Posts: 92 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 10 Posts Combo Breaker
    Ended march 3Kw over prediction. Not as good as Feb which was 18KW over. Ended today with 4.53 Os.
    Need to average 8.1Kw a day to meet April target or 3.33 Os.
    2.43 from 9 x 270 Trina panels. Samil solar river 2600 inverter. Due South. 30 pitch. East coast of Scotland just North of Forth bridge.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,379 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Last W out of the system at 19:00 ended on 4.51 O's (17.92 kWh)

    Highest total of the month!smiley-laughing021.gif

    Need to average 14.20 kWh or 3.58 O's per day to make Est.
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Uniform Washer Rampant Recycler
    Managed 4.03 O's (15.79 kWh) today.

    Not too shabby.
  • ourcornercottage
    ourcornercottage Posts: 1,526 Forumite
    First full month generating 312.2 on a 3.75kw system with annual estimate of 3302.

    Seems to be working okay I think?!?!
  • Sterlingtimes
    Sterlingtimes Posts: 2,563 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    8,730 / 3,780 = 2.31 Os

    So pretty much half of everyone else at the moment.
    I have osteoarthritis in my hands so I speak my messages into a microphone using Dragon. Some people make "typos" but I often make "speakos".
  • pinnks
    pinnks Posts: 1,583 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    1.72 down here in Wiltshire
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    3.1 O's or 12.5 kWh here today:D

    Roll on the summer days when I have to wait til this time to read my gen meter:rotfl:
    16 Sanyo Hit 250s.4kWp SMA 3.8kWp inverter. SW roof. 28° pitch. Minimal shade. Nov 2011 install. Hybrid car. Ripple Kirk Hill. N.E Lincs Coast.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    2.2 O's here, not a good day for the first week of summer. ..:mad:
    2.5 kWp PV system, SSW facing, 45 Deg Roof. ABB Inverter, Monitor: 'Wattson'.
    Reg. for FIT Nov 2011. "It's not what you generate; it's how you use it that matters". One very clean Vauxhall Diesel Sri, £30.00 Road Tax: B)

    Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).
  • countryman_2
    countryman_2 Posts: 421 Forumite
    edited 1 April 2015 at 9:09PM
    3.22 O's over here today
    4kw PV fitted 4th July 2014 (Green Energy NW £5600). WSW facing, 30 deg Pitch, Unshaded, Samil Solar River inverter, 16 Solar World Mono panels, Iboost on Immersion Heater. located in mid Lincolnshire.
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