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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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I'm on target for 109% of PVGIS at the moment. Let's hope for some more sunshine for all.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.1
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2.36, tomorrow's looking miserable.4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.2
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3.7 & 1.2, not quite as good as yesterday, but at least above PVGIS for the 2nd time this month!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.2
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3.5 O's and 30.5kWh. A new record for me.8kW (4kW WNW, 4kW SSE) 6kW inverter. 6.5kWh battery.4
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3.21 O's
85% of it produced after Midday.
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds4 -
2.825 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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Looking up today - best day of the month so far!9.15kWh, 3.63 O's
Behind the curve so far, only 85% of PVGIS pro-rata and the days are shortening quickly ...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 -
Could be the lowest of the day
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:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).4 -
Getting significant shading from the neighbours house now from 6pm, even optimisers wouldn't do much I fear, by the time the sun has come out from behind it, it's too low to do anything meaningful (I'm also in a valley!)
So a fairly rubbish 1.2 today, roll on March.4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.2 -
3.48 O's today, 27.8kWh.8kW (4kW WNW, 4kW SSE) 6kW inverter. 6.5kWh battery.2
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