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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,380 Forumite
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    Yesterday was looking good till 10:45 then it all went a bit Pete Tong!

    2.45 O's

    Today started wet and is continuing dull. 
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,380 Forumite
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    7th worst day of the month.

    0.92 O's
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 819 Forumite
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    misty drizzly poo type of day 0.5 & 0.305 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.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    Grim day here today 0.725 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.
  • Didn't see any sun today, 0.59 O!
    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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    edited 22 February 2023 at 10:03PM
    I'm so far behind PVGIS this month, 64/172kWh

    So I need 108kWh in a week  :D

    4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria. 
  • Alnat1
    Alnat1 Posts: 4,000 Forumite
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    Dull with some drizzle here too 0.55 O's 

    124kWh so far in Feb so I need another 85kWh in a week to make PVGIS. Seems unlikely to happen.
    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: 1,263 Forumite
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    Two rubbish days in a row: 0.69 and 0.54 O's. Today's not looking much better.
    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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    A rather good 2.7 today  :)
    4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria. 
  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 819 Forumite
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    cloudy, cloudy and cloudy again 1.0 &  0.623 O's, the forecast is not looking good for the remainder of the month.
    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.
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