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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Another good day here, tho' not quite up to KevinG's standards!10.51kWh, 3.86 O's
So far for the month I've generated 89% of PVGIS in 58% of the month. Or, put another way, I'm on 153% of PVGIS pro-rata
However I'm not expecting this to last - tomorrow's looking dull dull dull ...EDIT: I've just realised that, as of today, I've generated more in 2022 than in 2021
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 -
QrizB said:Another good day here, tho' not quite up to KevinG's standards!10.51kWh, 3.86 O'sSo far for the month I've generated 89% of PVGIS in 58% of the month. Or, put another way, I'm on 153% of PVGIS pro-rata However I'm not expecting this to last - tomorrow's looking dull dull dull ...EDIT: I've just realised that, as of today, I've generated more in 2022 than in 2021
Keep Gyrating, Qriz. Slight improvement today 3.6 O'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:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).5 -
Yesterday was a good day, 3.9 & 0.6 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.3
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Also good here at 3.08 O's. Now at 91% of PVGIS for October.
6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.2 -
2.575 O's here yesterday🤷🏻♂️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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A whole 1 O, just for me.4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.3
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2nd worst day of the month!
A whole 1.127 O's today!
Passed PVGIS for the month after 19 days.
Only 28 kWh needed to make my 2nd best October, or 74 kWh to be my best October and 12 days to do it.
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds5 -
2.6 & 0.6 O's, Passed the £1K marker today, if we had had to purchase the amount of electricity generated, used or exported since install. We planned for a ROI of 7.5 to 8 years, now it's around 4.5 years, but will depend on future unit costs. Generated value excludes units that were exported, but do not include the £0.04 SEG payment (still waiting). Hope that makes sense.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.3
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Today we only got 3.5kWh 0.666 O's Hope that's not a bad omen
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 Outgoing4 -
On the way down, deeper n down 2.44 O'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:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).4
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