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0.6 O yesterday. Mist in the morning didn't lift until lunchtime, looks like more of the same today.Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 20230
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Shocking..:eek:...0.64 O's:mad: Happy New Year to all..:snow_laug...
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 -
0.21 O today, a fair reflection of the dull weather.
Month stats for December:
122kW generated (23.5 O) which is 73% of PVGIS
409kW used by my home
309kW from the grid.Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 20230 -
Couldn’t have asked for a better day to end the year, 1.33 O’s.
Best day with the batteries so far too at 80% purely from the pv.
:T :beer:Scott in Fife, 2.9kwp pv SSW facing, 2.7kw Fronius inverter installed Jan 2012 - 14.3kwh Seplos Mason battery storage with Lux ac controller - Renault Zoe 40kwh, Corsa-e 50kwh, Zappi EV charger and Octopus Go0 -
108.4% of pvgis for the yearI think....0
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Not done this for ages...….1.76 O's today the sun shone brightly in the Lake District6.72kw Pv Ja Solar 280w * 24 panels, Solar Edge inverter, South facing no shading.
South Lake District, delightful view of Morecambe Bay. Not Saving up for a battery too expensive:j:mad::hello:
July Solar target 769kw0 -
An above average 0.99 O today taking us to 29.3 O's and 112% compared to pvgis for the last month of 2019. Annually 1069 O's or 104.4% of pvgis. What a difference a day makes this time of year!:)East coast, lat 51.97. 8.26kw SSE, 23° pitch + 0.59kw WSW vertical. Nissan Leaf plus Zappi charger and 2 x ASHP's. Givenergy 8.2 & 9.5 kWh batts, 2 x 3 kW ac inverters. Indra V2H . CoCharger Host, Interest in Ripple Energy & Abundance.0
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1.05 O's to finish off the year.
113.2% of PVGIS for the year despite losing 29 days in January.:cool:
Wishing you all a surfeit of O's for 2020.:beer:4kWp (black/black) - Sofar Inverter - SSE(141°) - 30° pitch - North LincsInstalled June 2013 - PVGIS = 3400Sofar ME3000SP Inverter & 5 x Pylontech US2000B Plus & 3 x US2000C Batteries - 19.2kWh0 -
Rounding off the year with a mere 0.2 Os but a December total of 2% above PVGIS and my second-best (after last year) annual total of 5.8% above PVGIS, very happy with that. Happy New Year! :beer:2kWp Solar PV - 10*200W Kioto, SMA Sunny Boy 2000HF, SSE facing, some shading in winter, 37° pitch, installed Jun-2011, inverter replaced Sep-2017 AND Feb-2022.0
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December closed at 103% of target, with 2019 ending on 106% and BYE (best year ever), with 835 O's (not bad for E/W).*
Leccy for the year was on course for lowest, but took a BEV turn in Nov and Dec, and ended up with 2x my highest Dec (since PV) with 497kWh (import 434kWh), and a year end of 3,421kWh consumption (import 2,091kWh).
Gas (heating, DHW and oven) for the year was pretty decent at ~7,400kWh.
*I did have the ESE systems 'Solaredged' a couple of years back, so that might explain the BYE for 2019, and also (fingers crossed) explains the 12 (and counting) cable ties that the kittens/small cats have brought in through the catflap so far since they earned 'garden visitation rights'.Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 28kWh battery storage. Two A2A units for cleaner heating. Two BEV's for cleaner driving.
For general PV advice please see the PV FAQ thread on the Green & Ethical Board.0
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