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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Slight improvement to 0.49 Os. Didn't see any of the forecast sunshine, just a lessening of the gloom.5
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Today was a good day for December (pretty close to my whole-year average:6.8 kWh, 2.5 O's
That puts me on 77.4kWh for the month. Another O tomorrow and I'll hit the PVGIS target
Yes, I've use the raw PVGIS numbers (including their default %age losses); I wanted to compare against the "ideal". And yes I do get shading late in the afternoon which csots me almost an hour of generation at this time of year.Martyn1981 said:Just wondering if you (like me) have gone with the 'gross' PVGIS estimate, and not allowed/subtracted anything for shade?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.1 -
Belated season’s greetings to all, I have been in Hospital since 1800 24th Dec so not much paying too much attention to the solar. It appears that today was sunny but ward on north side . Have a preposterous 2026 , (not a typo 😎) and really best wishes for 26
DCM.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 leccy3
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