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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    Alnat1 said:
    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 April
    My Thoughts as well. A measly  2.76 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: B)

    Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).
  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 819 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    5.1 & 2.3 O's
    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.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    Alnat1 said:
    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 April
    My Thoughts as well. A measly  2.76 O's   
    So, my day was better than I thought. 3.425 O's here!😂🤣
    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.
  • ed110220
    ed110220 Posts: 1,629 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    15.7 kWh, 3.27 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 panels
  • 70sbudgie
    70sbudgie Posts: 842 Forumite
    500 Posts Third Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    1.34 O's here. (Cheshire, btw. I know I need to update my signature)
    4.3kW PV, 3.6kW inverter. Octopus Agile import, gas Tracker. Zoe. Ripple x 3. Cheshire
  • QrizB
    QrizB Posts: 20,755 Forumite
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    Another dull day.
    7.59kWh, 2.79 O's :/
    N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.
    2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.
    Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,379 Forumite
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    2nd worst day of the month!

    2.23 O's
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Magnitio
    Magnitio Posts: 1,263 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper
    Not too bad yesterday: 3.72 O's
    However, today has started dull and is forecast to get worse.
    6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.
  • Laycity
    Laycity Posts: 1,897 Forumite
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    Only 2.43 O’s yesterday, today likely to be lower
  • Spies
    Spies Posts: 2,279 Forumite
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    edited 22 July 2022 at 7:27PM
    0.97 - is it winter again already??? 
    4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria. 
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