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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    My Hits (not a spelling error) must like this freezing cold weather with a little sun
    9.6kWh today: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.
  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,134 Forumite
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    Heavy snow for most of the day, not a trace of sunshine, panels covered, amazed to get 80Wh
    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.
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,598 Forumite
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    Forecast was lousy, weather was great, 2.5'O's (14kWh's).

    Mart.
    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.
  • Oscargrouch
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    edited 11 March 2013 at 10:49PM
    EricMears wrote: »
    Total for day (so far - @4:20pm) was 8.8kWh (aka 2 oranges + 1 satsuma) and every chance we'll creep over 9kWh before dusk.

    9.08 kWh for the day

    Okay I give in, whats the equation Orange = 2.0 ?? Satsuma = 0.27 ?? Assuming 9kWh for the day...smiley-laughing021.gif
    shafeeq wrote: »
    Considering the weather today I was pleasantly suprised to see the reading. It generated 8.26 kwh today. It the highest power of the year for short period today of 2.66kwh.. so roll on summer lol
    :beer: You'r in the Chair....Winners Pay...even on the only just. smiley-hug010.gif
    KevinG wrote: »
    Heavy snow for most of the day, not a trace of sunshine, panels covered, amazed to get 80Wh

    Was that 80 whaaattttt = 40 (0's):eek:

    I had a bad day as well, if it's of any consolation... 2.56 (0'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: B)

    Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).
  • EricMears
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    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    Okay I give in, whats the equation Orange = 2.0 ?? Satsuma = 0.25 ?? Assuming 9kWh for the day...

    I thought everyone knew that a satsuma was a very small orange (approx same size as a mandarin), a tangerine a fairly small orange and a Jaffa a very large one :D
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • Oscargrouch
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    EricMears wrote: »
    I thought everyone knew that a satsuma was a very small orange (approx same size as a mandarin), a tangerine a fairly small orange and a Jaffa a very large one :D

    How stupid of me...:o I always thought that a Mandarin was a Chinese gentleman and a Jaffa was some kind of cake..(perhaps) sorry...smiley-hug010.gif
    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).
  • InVestor_2
    InVestor_2 Posts: 270 Forumite
    edited 12 March 2013 at 9:42AM
    7th 2.9 bananas
    8th 1.3
    9th 1.8
    10th 0.8
    11th 4.2

    9 in the morning, and kicking out 3.2 kW. Much more like it. Had to clean the snow off the panels first. Now, to find ways to use all that free energy. :p
  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,134 Forumite
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    edited 12 March 2013 at 1:15PM
    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    Was that 80 whaaattttt = 40 (0's):eek:(
    Yeah, 40 O's, don't expect any more today although amazingly generating 17W at the moment through all the snow.

    Aha - sun's shining on the panels and thawing them, lovely to see the snow sliding off!

    Turned into a brilliant day - been pumping out 1.6kW for a few hours now :)
    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.
  • jackieblack
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    After a lousy few days and total white-out yesterday, we've had a lovely sunny day today and generated 10kWh!
    (4.5kWh/kWp)
    Unexpected, but very welcome :)

    (The forecast for the next few days is changing hour-by-hour at the moment, but I'm not expecting another day like today anytime soon.)
    Everything will be alright in the end so, if it’s not yet alright, it means it’s not yet the end
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  • Oscargrouch
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    edited 12 March 2013 at 7:12PM
    2.24 kWh/kWp for me; identical in O's smiley-hug010.gif

    Edit: The one on the above right has to be Shafeeq. smiley-laughing021.gif
    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).
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