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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,385 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Cold dull and damp. 

    0.205 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
    0.2 O's back to dull and damp
    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 
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Nothing much here! 0.375 O's 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.
  • 1961Nick
    1961Nick Posts: 2,107 Forumite
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    edited 18 December 2022 at 4:10PM
    0.175 ... yawn!

    You know it's bad when the results are to 3 decimal places! :D
    4kWp (black/black) - Sofar Inverter - SSE(141°) - 30° pitch - North Lincs
    Installed June 2013 - PVGIS = 3400
    Sofar ME3000SP Inverter & 5 x Pylontech US2000B Plus & 3 x US2000C Batteries - 19.2kWh
  • 1.48 O's yesterday, so another day above average for December, counted by todays 0.12 so as a combination about par for December. With 4 days to the shortest day PV is currently 32% ahead of pvgis and requiring 0.5 O's/day to break even.
    The sun might be taking a short holiday but looks like wind is set to blow for the next few days. Currently covering 46% of national demand.
    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.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    0.375 O's today. Total this year 3800kWh....so far🤔
    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
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    An atrocious 0.05 thanks to the ice cloud and rain. 
    4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria. 
  • Alnat1
    Alnat1 Posts: 4,000 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Third Anniversary Photogenic Name Dropper
    A pathetic 0.038 O's today  :(

    At least a few cheap slots on Agile overnight to fill the batteries and run the dishwasher.
    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 
  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 819 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Dark torrential rain all day, not worth reporting  - 165w & 2w :'( :'(
    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
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Another garbage 0.05
    4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria. 
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