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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,379 Forumite
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    edited 25 March 2023 at 8:31AM
    Another day of Sun, clouds and rain! When the rain came it was heavy and thankfully quick!

    4.17 O's

    Should be on 77.45% of estimate but at this point only on 76.2% which is only 4kWh behind.
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Magnitio
    Magnitio Posts: 1,263 Forumite
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    Best day of the year by far - 4.35 O's
    Still only 58% PVGIS so far this month.
    6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.
  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 819 Forumite
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    2.3 & 1.355 O's, Currently running at 61% PVGIS, need 105kWh by end of the month.... No chance!
    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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    2.82 O's Currently at 59% of March's PVGIS, not feeling too optimistic of reaching it either


    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 
  • Grandad2b
    Grandad2b Posts: 352 Forumite
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    12.2kWh and 2.75 O's
    At 67.8% PVGIS now that I've moved the panels onto the north facing roof got the orientation of my panels to agree with the bizarre way PVGIS likes it.

  • Coastalwatch
    Coastalwatch Posts: 3,726 Forumite
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    3.36 O's here today. Just require six straight Hawaii's to hit pvgis! :)
    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.
  • Magnitio
    Magnitio Posts: 1,263 Forumite
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    2.94 O's for yesterdat. Back to rain again today.
    6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.
  • Grandad2b
    Grandad2b Posts: 352 Forumite
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    Dull, dull, dull. 7kWh so far and just 170W output now. 
    I've looked again at PVGIS; the system is limited by my inverter even in March so the theoretical output is never going to be achievable. 
  • Alnat1
    Alnat1 Posts: 4,000 Forumite
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    My dull must be duller than your dull 4.1 kWh 0.78 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 
  • Coastalwatch
    Coastalwatch Posts: 3,726 Forumite
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    1.16 O's today so not quite an Hawaii. Oh well, just five Maidens required now!
    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.
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