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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    Only 1.25 O's here today and tomorrow looks a washout!🤮
    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.
  • Magnitio
    Magnitio Posts: 1,263 Forumite
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    1.96 O's for yesterday. Today looks grim.
    6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.
  • Coastalwatch
    Coastalwatch Posts: 3,726 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    2.5 O's for yesterday, by far the best in six weeks. :)
    East coast, lat 51.97. 8.26kw SSE, 23° pitch + 0.59kw WSW vertical. Nissan Leaf plus Zappi charger and 2 x ASHP's. Givenergy 8.2 & 9.5 kWh batts, 2 x 3 kW ac inverters. Indra V2H . CoCharger Host, Interest in Ripple Energy & Abundance.
  • Magnitio
    Magnitio Posts: 1,263 Forumite
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    Today was grim: 0.57 O's.
    6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.
  • Spies
    Spies Posts: 2,279 Forumite
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    0.09 which equates to a massive 400Wh
    4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria. 
  • EcoScruples
    EcoScruples Posts: 422 Forumite
    Third Anniversary 100 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    This will be the 1st day I empty my battery, only 1.7kw produced.
    3.1kw to last me the night, interesting to how mùch grid pull I use.
    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.
  • Alnat1
    Alnat1 Posts: 4,000 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Third Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    0.06!!!!! I win the worst day 300Wh  :'(
    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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    edited 20 October 2022 at 6:22PM
    Alnat1 said:
    0.06!!!!! I win the worst day 300Wh  :'(
    No you don't!

    I can beat that. 79.4 Wh

    0.0199748 O's

    My worst ever day me thinks.
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Alnat1
    Alnat1 Posts: 4,000 Forumite
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    At least the panels have had a good clean  :)
    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 
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