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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    Spies said:
    If 4 O's are grotty,  what are you going to be like in Winter?   :D
    More Grouchy than now   Only 3.0's today 
    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).
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,382 Forumite
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    Poor morning, better afternoon.

    3.38 O's

    Just managed to pass PVGIS Estimate for the month 9 days before the end.

    @Oscargrouch I was not on Holiday yesterday although did go away for a Motorcycle Rally from Friday till yesterday. All of 30 miles from my house.
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • QrizB
    QrizB Posts: 20,763 Forumite
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    Pretty miserable here, dull all day with light rain this afternoon.
    4.17kWh, 1.53 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!
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    Average August day here. 3.55 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.
  • ed110220
    ed110220 Posts: 1,629 Forumite
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    Pretty miserable day here in Bath, 7.7 kWh, 1.6 O's. First day since install where we've generated significantly less than we've used, but I guess I'm going to have to get used to that going into autumn!
    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
  • Alnat1
    Alnat1 Posts: 4,000 Forumite
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    12.6kWh 2.4 O's

    Unfortunately the rain started just as Agile Outgoing prices went over 60p at 4pm, grrrr
    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 Outgoing 
  • 70sbudgie
    70sbudgie Posts: 842 Forumite
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    11.3kWhr, 2.6 O's. The rain started about 2pm and then I managed around 0.4kW generation until 6:45. Hopefully managed to export some of that. 
    4.3kW PV, 3.6kW inverter. Octopus Agile import, gas Tracker. Zoe. Ripple x 3. Cheshire
  • Spies
    Spies Posts: 2,279 Forumite
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    A teeny weeny 2.36, shame as SEG was insanely high. 
    4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria. 
  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 819 Forumite
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    1.7 & 0.8 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.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    edited 23 August 2022 at 7:21PM
    Slight improvement on yesterday with 3.04 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).
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