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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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I'm a bit behind again.Friday: 1.57kWh, 0.58 O's
Saturday: 4.94kWh, 1.82 O's
Despite the less-than-impressive numbers we have now beaten PVGIS for the month, with more than a week still to run!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.5 -
2.79 O's for yesterday and precious little so far today!
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.5 -
Wet day! Sun arrived and then departed at 15:45
A Massive 0.4176 O's3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds5 -
A pretty disappointing 0.184.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.3
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Torrential rain for most of the day. 0.475 it is!😡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.5
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Thunderstorms morning and late afternoon, a little brightness midday, but mostly heavy dark clouds and rain, 1.1 & 0.2 O's2 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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Torrential rain and thunder here first thing and last thing, but fairly bright in the middle of the day.6.64kWh, 2.44 O's
... and I've matched PVGIS for the year, with two months to go (admittedly poor ones).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.5 -
Rubbish day with Heavy rain morning, then brighter after 13:00, then Rain again by 15:30. A mere 1.56 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).5 -
Newbie here 😁 4.9kw s facing system.
saturday 18.1 kw
Sunday 2.5 kw
Hoping today will be better 🤞🏻
NorthNorfolk
4.92kwp S facing
13kw battery storage
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8-9am Generation lost to Error 25. Keeping a record of this now.
Don't think I missed much as production was only at 0.299kW at 09:30
Peak today hit 2.3kW and ended the day on a Massive! 6.56kWh
1.65 O's
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds5
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