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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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The afternoon really saved the day, ended on 5.45 O's after a bleak morning.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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heavy cloud until it was too late, 2.4 & 1.3
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 -
My fourth consecutive day od slowly rising generation.11.27kWh, 4.14 O's
Tomorrow's forecast looks good, and it just so happens I've got laundry to do ...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.5 -
Mostly sunny day in Bath again, 26.5 kWh, 5.52 O's.Solar install June 2022, Bath
4.8 kW array, Growatt SPH5000 inverter, 1x Seplos Mason 280L V3 battery 15.2 kWh.
SSW roof. ~22° pitch, BISF house. 12 x 400W Hyundai panels3 -
2nd best day this year Maiden + 0.55 O's or 26.2kWh👏👏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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Another largely grey day here - 3.2 O’s3
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A rather good 5.8 up here.4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.3
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Best day of the month by a country mile!
Sun finally decided to show up around 9am.
Maiden + 0.1 O's3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds5 -
That's me out for the time being, inverter shut down this morning at 9am with a high current leakage fault.
These things always happen on a Friday and always when its sunny.
4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.1 -
3.8 O's for PV yesterday, great afternoon thankfully. Wind, well it was blowing hard here but sadly not on the opposite side of the country where the turbine is installed. But hey, 4.86 kW's all adds to the pot and equivilant to a days worth of DHW for us!
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.5
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