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Mixed day with cloud and some Sun.
Only 4.37 O's
Now my best August in 9 years.3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds4 -
4.4 & 2.1 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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3.85 O's here today👏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.4
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Reasonable 3.63 O's
6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.2 -
Not as good as I expected 3.3 O'sBarnsley, 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 -
2.6 total today
3.44 average for the month and 457kWh generated
115% of PVGIS
4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.2 -
Ended the month with a mixed day of clouds and Sun with a high Peak @ 13:30 of 3.877 kW
Total production today of 16.67 kWh or 4.19 O's
Month production of 530.1 kWh or 133.36 O's August record total.
Total production for the year now at 3500.5 kWh. Another record (MCS certificate total for year 3309.39 kWh)
128.9 % of Estimate for the month.
Will have to pay for 99.1 kWh of Electricity and 34.6 kWh of Gas from Octopus.
Diverted 165.4 kWh via I-Boost
No idea what % of generation I have used as I have no device to tell me.
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds5 -
4.6 & 2.2 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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Better than yesterday with 4.6 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 -
Back home after another week away.73.2kWh, 26.9 O's for eight days generation - that's a little over 3 O's a day on average
I've beaten PVGIS for the month but full analysis will have to wait for tomorrow.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.6
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