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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Magnitio
    Magnitio Posts: 1,263 Forumite
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    Looks like others had a good day yesterday. Only managed 1.8 O's. Rubbish weather again today and will hardly exceed 1 O.
    6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.
  • Grandad2b
    Grandad2b Posts: 352 Forumite
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    5kWh today. 1.13 O's. Better than expected given the cloud cover.
  • Coastalwatch
    Coastalwatch Posts: 3,726 Forumite
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    Existing off of scraps presently, 0.67 O's 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.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,379 Forumite
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    Rain and cloud.

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

  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 819 Forumite
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    Dark, rainy day - 0.5 & 0.266 - who turned the light off??
    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.
  • Alnat1
    Alnat1 Posts: 4,000 Forumite
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    Dull, some rain and the sun peeked out for 5 minutes around 2.45. 1.08 O's
    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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    A really poor 0.97 O's for yesterday. 20 days through March and only at 42% of PVGIS.
    6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.
  • Alnat1
    Alnat1 Posts: 4,000 Forumite
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    16.4kWh, 2nd best day of the month 3.12 O's

    Still only at 43% of PVGIS for March after 21 days  :/
    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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    Bit better today at 1.77 O's, but still not great. The next few days look more reasonable.
    6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.
  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 819 Forumite
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    1.3 & 0.913 O's., better than yesterday, but so far behind PVGIS and last years figures.
    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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