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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    2nd best day this month. 4.125 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.
  • Spies
    Spies Posts: 2,279 Forumite
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    2.2, need to be averaging 2.4 O's to hit my monthly PVGIS. 
    4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria. 
  • A very meagre 2.48 O's here and 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).
  • QrizB
    QrizB Posts: 20,760 Forumite
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    Two days to report for me.
    Yesterday: 6.54kWh, 2.40 O's.
    Today: 7.50kWh, 2.73 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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    Another steady day here today. 3.95 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.
  • ABrass
    ABrass Posts: 1,005 Forumite
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    20.5 kWh today, 2.5 O's. Very patchy sun today.
    8kW (4kW WNW, 4kW SSE) 6kW inverter. 6.5kWh battery.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,380 Forumite
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    Hit and miss day.

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

  • I'm averaging 3.17 O's for September so far.
    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.
  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 819 Forumite
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    3.9 & 1.9 O's, best day of the month so far, 1st day this month over PVGIS, lots of catching up to do, only projecting 73.4% so far at this rate :'(
    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.
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,576 Forumite
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    Poor start to Sept so far, projecting 94% for the month.
    Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 28kWh battery storage. Two A2A units for cleaner heating. Two BEV's for cleaner driving.

    For general PV advice please see the PV FAQ thread on the Green & Ethical Board.
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