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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 819 Forumite
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    Freezing fog! 0.4 & 0.3 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.
  • QrizB
    QrizB Posts: 20,768 Forumite
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    I think it's a week since I last reported here, the 2nd?
    Since then (as you might've noticed) there have been some OK days, and some not so-OK ones.
    Total for the period: 18.95kWh, 6.97 O's - an average of just under one O per day, which is pretty much what PVGIS gives :)
    N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.
    2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.
    Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    legoman62 said:
    Best day this month 1.05 O's here today👏👏
    Just pipped it today. 1.075 O's😂
    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.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,383 Forumite
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    2nd best day of the month.

    Near perfect graph till 12:45 then it dropped like a stone!

    Ended with only 8.83  2.22 O's

    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Alnat1
    Alnat1 Posts: 4,000 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Third Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    1.3 O's, can't complain 
    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 
  • Magnitio
    Magnitio Posts: 1,265 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper
    Alnat1 said:
    1.3 O's, can't complain 
    I'll complain. You beat my 1.27 O's.
    6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.
  • Magnitio
    Magnitio Posts: 1,265 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper
    Slightly better today - 1.44 O's
    6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.
  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 819 Forumite
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    Freezing but bright day, 1.9 & 0.1 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.
  • Not good here, only 1.67.
    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.
  • Spies
    Spies Posts: 2,279 Forumite
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    0.08

    Snow cover initially and then just overcast all day. 
    4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria. 
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