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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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A below average 3.97 O’s here3
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2.82 O's Not a bad morning, then all downhill. Was on battery power by 6.30pmBarnsley, 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 Outgoing4 -
Single digits here today. 9.5kWh or 2.375 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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3.94 O's for me. It was overcast all morning (I personally enjoyed not being baked in my own house), but then it brightened up around midday. The lower temperature definitely made a difference as gen peaked at 3.49kW as opposed to around 2.7kW - 2.8kW the last couple of days.4.3kW PV, 3.6kW inverter. Octopus Agile import, gas Tracker. Zoe. Ripple x 3. Cheshire3
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A dull but pleasantly cooler day.8.21kWh, 3.02 O's - below the average for July but I can handle the occasional day like this!.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 -
Worst day since I started keeping track and the first where we've only generated about as much as we normally use in a day. 9.5 kWh, 1.98 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 panels2 -
A day of 2 halves. Sunny, hot and muggy till midday! Cooler, cloudy and dull till around 4pm when the Sun came back out!
4.23 O's
Up to 81% of July estimate.
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds4 -
Yesterday was about half the average daily generation for the last week and the lowest since 23rd June - 3.05 O's
6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.2 -
Another garbage day, 1.44.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.2
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May as well report now, it's been dark and dismal all day. At least a little bit of rain to wash the panels
4kWh 0.76 O's Worst day since 12th AprilBarnsley, 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 Outgoing5
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