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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Nicely ticking along 109 &119 % of PVGIS
Shame the battery and inverter is dead. Running AC all day 😜
“Don't raise your voice, improve your argument." - Desmond Tutu
System 1 - 14 x 250W SunModule SW + Enphase ME215 microinverters (July 2015)
System 2 - 9.2 KWp + Enphase IQ7+ and IQ8AC (Feb 22 & Sep 24) + Givenergy AC Coupled inverter + 2 * 8.2KWh Battery (May 2022) + Mitsubishi 7.1 KW and 2* Daikin 2.5 KW A2A Heat Pump3 -
Weather (and gen) has been better than forecast, even got a near maiden yesterday with 5.77 O's, pretty much where our systems top out at, apart from the odd freak day.
Month end projection now 102%.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.5 -
Not a good day: 3.44 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).5 -
4.79 O's today, those thick clouds really make a difference.4.3kwp JA panels, Huawei 3.68kw Hybrid inverter, Huawei 10kw Lunar 2000 battery, Myenergi eddi, South facing array with a 15 degree roof pitch, winter shade.3
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5.7 & 3.7, Clear start to the day, washing done, hot water topped up, battery full, then it went down hill, peaks and troughs, mainly troughs, next 2 days look good, lets hope!2 Separate arrays, 7 x JASolar 380w panels (2.66kWp) south facing, 4 x JASolar 380w panels (1.52kWp) east facing, 11 x Tigo optimizers & cloud, Growatt SPH5000, Growatt 6.5kWh Hybrid battery (Go-live 01/12/21) - Additional reporting via Solar Assistant.3
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Dull day here😡 made 3.1 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.5
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16 kWh 4.03 O's
Lovely Sun till 08:30 then as per most of June clouds rolled in and stayed mostly dull. Odd burst of Sun!
Still ahead of PVGIS.3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds4 -
Sunny first-thing and last-thing, cloudy for most of the rest of the day.11.5kWh, 4.23 O's
N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.4 -
4.7 yesterday and 5.1 O’s today 😀3
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Am I in a different country? 2.5
4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.4
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