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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Hawaii here today + 3 kWh to spare = 5.75 O's:beer:
Just past 1000 kWh for this quarter's FIT payment.... with 3 days to go:T16 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.0 -
Hawaii + .4 O's here today :j4kw 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.0
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My solaredged SSW finished the day with a nice healthy 6.15 O's, more of the same expected tomorrow(hopefully)
Great result Tunnel.:beer:
I had a dismal day first thing, cloudy, hardly covering base use, and then; at 12:10 the :beer:panels took off, not with wind, I hasten to add....
Finished at the end of office hours with a meagre Hawaii + 1.16 O's; not bad for a beginner..

http://wattson.energyhive.com/dashboard/oscarsenergy2.5 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:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).0 -
Another Hawaii day!!!
Hawaii + A ickle bit (20.51 kWh)
Passed 200 kWh for the month. Over Estimate so its still good here.3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds0 -
Well, it is as near as I have ever come to 6 Os.
22,400/3,780 = 5.93 Os.
Easterly shading still holding me back.
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".0 -
Cold and windy start today. Sun from lunchtime and Hailstone at 13.30:eek:
Somehow managed to make 4.35 O's:)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.0 -
Not a bad day today (2nd best of the year I think actually).
6.5 O's (25.7 kWh)0 -
Not too bad todayHawaii+1.96 O's
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:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).0 -
Hoping for another good day today, before tomorrows deluge!
Currently behind PVGIS estimate which is the first time for a while!
The forecast outlook is a bit of a mixed bag too.0
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