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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Cloudy all day except for 3 peaks at 4pm, 5pm and 5.30pm. Of course a lovely clear sky as the sun goes down
1.8 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 -
1.26 O’s today due to just about unbroken cloud all day. Still managed to stay off the grid for the 14th day in a row!😊8 x Jinko Tiger Neo 54c 415W, Huawei 3k L1 HV ph Hybrid inverter and 2 x 5kWh LUNA batteries on 15° roof facing SW on the southern edge of Bristol.2
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5.42 O's and it looks like this will continue this week. Happy days.4.3kwp JA panels, Huawei 3.68kw Hybrid inverter, Huawei 10kw Lunar 2000 battery, Myenergi eddi, South facing array with a 15 degree roof pitch, winter shade.2
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4.14 O's, so just an ordinary April generation day here. One week away from fifth annivesary since installation.
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 -
Started off well but heavy clouds in late afternoon spoilt it.
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 -
10kWh and 2.25 O's. Sun eventually emerged late afternoon.2
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Another great afternoon. Sun decided to play around 10:00
Around 6 kWh in the morning and another 15 kWh in the afternoon.
Hawaii + 0.36 O's
I-Boost passed 11 MWh today. Over 8 years and 11 months an average of 3.38 kWh per day.
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds5 -
Poor start, then clouds cleared 36.43 kWh and 5.19 O's - another HawaiiPV 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 -
Good start then the clouds rolled in 2.3 & 1.757 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.2
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4.77 O's
Water heated and 10kw exported at 23ppkw, winter is but a distant memory.4.3kwp JA panels, Huawei 3.68kw Hybrid inverter, Huawei 10kw Lunar 2000 battery, Myenergi eddi, South facing array with a 15 degree roof pitch, winter shade.2
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