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3.2 O’s here today.
101.8 O’s or 407.2 kWh for the monthFIT reading goes in tomorrow 👏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.7 -
4.2 O's to finish Aug on 106.% of pvgis,122 O's.Naughty boy, burned a half gallon of E5 98 in an old scrambler trying to keep up with all the other silly ol' so & so's pretending they're still teenagers. No harm done escaped unscathed.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.8
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3.83 O's to end August.
Felt like the weather wasn't very good this month but actually ended up at 108% of PVGIS. Probably the amazing weather since March has made me forget what "normal" is like.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 Outgoing8 -
Quite surprised to be 19.3% above PVGIS for August and my second best August ever after 2022.2kWp Solar PV - 10*200W Kioto, SMA Sunny Boy 2000HF, SSE facing, some shading in winter, 37° pitch, installed Jun-2011, inverter replaced Sep-2017 AND Feb-2022.9
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August per my inverter stats:323 kWh, 119 Os, 115% of PVGIS.That'll do nicely.N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.9 -
August results.
Nice month with 106% of target. Wide spread, with 102% for the ESE/SSW* and 119% for the WNW. Year end projection ~100.5% of target. [First time this year it's been positive.]
[*2.1kWp SSW ground mount is steep pitched for winter, and sits between a large tree to the SE and the house to the SW, so will incurr some shading throughout Apr-Sep.]
Generated 870kWh (99.71 O's).
Imported 293kWh.
Exported 664kWh.
Total consumption 499kWh.
Gas was ~44kWh. [DHW & oven.]
Import and consumption reasonable, as it includes BEV charging, vast majority at cheap night rate.
Export earned ~£102 so well above full month leccy and gas bill of ~£53.Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 28kWh battery storage. Two A2A units for cleaner heating. Two BEV's for cleaner driving.
For general PV advice please see the PV FAQ thread on the Green & Ethical Board.8 -
YTD , August turnout better than expected , looking back it appears that July has been below PVGIS for the 3 years I’ve had panels hmmm

4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy8 -
3rd worst Aug out of 12.
Ended with 422.4 kWh or 106.4 O's
103.47% of PVGIS3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds8 -
Been away so not had a chance to post.Pleasently suprised to have averaged out 4.01 O's last week of Aug. In the end was at 118% of PVGIS.5.5kWp Solar PV System. South herts, SE facing 12 panels. 6kw inverter, 5 kwh Battery. Apr 2025 install7
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2.59 - sharp sunny intervals / rain showers.
Autumnal 🍁🍂Lancashire
PV 5.04kWp SW facing
Solar Battery 6.5 kWh
🐙 Intelligent Go
Mortgage freedom January 2024 - paid off 7 years early by making overpayments where we could.8
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