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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Looked promising in the morning but went downhill fast. Another dull day with the Sun making a guest appearance around 3pm for 15 mins.
3.06 O's3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds2 -
Yesterday was good - 5.14 O'sHoping for more of the same today.6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.2
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Very slightly better than yesterday, made the Hawaii today 5.09 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 Outgoing3 -
Weather not as good as was forecast, big chunk taken out the curve from late morning until mid afternoon - 4.7 & 2.381 O's2 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.1
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That's a great return, about half that here at 2.54. But a useful haul all the same.Alnat1 said:Very slightly better than yesterday, made the Hawaii today 5.09 O's
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.3 -
4.675 O’s here today👏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.3
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Another fairly good 4.47 O's yesterday.6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.2
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26kWh and 5.86 O's. Today is not looking good.2
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19.06 kWh today, 2.72 O's - foggy and cloudy start with a bit of sun breaking through in the afternoon.PV total 19.8 kW system:
23 x 420W East/West split over two flat roof areas at 10 degrees inclination.
13 x 390W South spit over two flat roof areas at 5 to 20 degrees inclination.
6 x 390W south wall mounted at 90 degrees inclination.
7 x 390W West wall mounted at 90 degrees inclination.
2 x 5 kW hybrid inverters
4 x 9.5 kWh batteries (38 kWh total)2 -
Foggy morning, quite dull. Brightened up later but the sun never broke through properly 2.1 O'sBarnsley, 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 Outgoing2
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