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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    Down, down deeper and down🎵🎵1.725 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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    Bit pants today with only 2.2 O's. 
    4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria. 
  • A meagre 2.8 O's following yesterdays   
    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).
  • Alnat1
    Alnat1 Posts: 4,000 Forumite
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    1.92 O's enough to get a couple of loads of washing clean and dry, run the load and almost fill the battery. 
    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 
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,379 Forumite
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    Poor day!

    Just over a third of yesterdays total!

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

  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 819 Forumite
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    4.4 & 2.0 O's September has been so poor, projecting 85.6%
    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.
  • Spies
    Spies Posts: 2,279 Forumite
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    ggmf said:
    4.4 & 2.0 O's September has been so poor, projecting 85.6%
    You seem to consistently get higher O's than me but you're behind on PVGIS? What's your estimate for the month? 
    4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria. 
  • Spies
    Spies Posts: 2,279 Forumite
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    1.8, 14kWh in hand... 
    4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria. 
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