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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Hawaii plus 0.89 here, better than expected.3
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Too hot, too much cloud.13.31kWh, 4.89 O's.Not that I'm complaining!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 -
5.73 O's in baking hot Barnsley.
Bit of cloud 17.25-17.55, just as Agile was paying 55p/kWh
Barnsley, South Yorkshire
Solar PV 5.25kWp SW facing (14 x 375) installed Mar 22
Lux 3.6kw hybrid inverter and 9.6kw Pylontech batteries
Daikin 8kW ASHP installed Jan 25
Octopus Cosy/Fixed Outgoing2 -
Hot and virtually no clouds all day, but only 4.95 O's. (21.4kWhrs).
Daughter left the (hot) tap dribbling in the bathroom this morning and drained the hot water tank. Only remembered after I turned the boiler off after an extra hour, that I really should locate the switch for the immersion heater!4.3kW PV, 3.6kW inverter. Octopus Agile import, gas Tracker. Zoe. Ripple x 3. Cheshire2 -
6.01 O's yesterday. Up from 6.00 the day before!High export rates - £14 for 37kWh.6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.3
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25.7kw today, almost identical to yesterday, some great export this week.
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 -
6.0 & 1.0 O's2 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.2
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About 4.4 today, high cloud most of the day ruined any changes of anything huge.4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.2
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Not as good as yesterday, too much heat I guess. A/An
+ 0.6 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).4 -
Amazingly, an even better output today: 6.07 O's.7 day average of 6.04.6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.2
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