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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • nigelpm
    nigelpm Posts: 433 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Just managed 25kwh today - 6.25 O's

    Tomorrow does look sunny all day so hoping for the holy grail of 30kwh.

    Should happen soon.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Bit of a poorly day for me; lots of cloud about so only managed 1 Hawaii + 1.48 O's.....im-ok-smiley-emoticon.gif so don't get too worried....perhaps will get better the morrow.....steak.gif.......coffee.gif
    2.5 kWp PV system, SSW facing, 45 Deg Roof. ABB Inverter, Monitor: 'Wattson'.
    Reg. for FIT Nov 2011. "It's not what you generate; it's how you use it that matters". One very clean Vauxhall Diesel Sri, £30.00 Road Tax: B)

    Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).
  • theboylard
    theboylard Posts: 1,211 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Hit my highest daily since install - 21.56kWh :) or 5.39 typhoo's!
    4kWp, SSE, SolarEdge P300 optimisers & SE3500 Inverter, in occasionally sunny Corby, Northants.
    Now with added Sunsynk 5kw hybrid ecco inverter & 15kWh Fogstar batteries. Oh Octopus Energy too.
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Managed 33kWh despite the white fluffy things multiplying like there was no tomorrow, hold the fort....m1708.gif.....that's a Hawaii!!! book em Danno
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,132 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Nice day yesterday, 12.54 kWh, 6.27 O's. Hopefully more of the same today :)
    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.
  • nigelpm
    nigelpm Posts: 433 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Just hit 28Kwh (7 O's) - a new high for me.

    Worry is inverter also hit a new high of 50 deg C!
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,575 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Didn't get 5 Os ......

    did get 5.52 Os :T

    and at 30.8kWh, my first 30+ of the year too. Nice. :cool:

    Mart.
    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.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Not quite the weather we were expecting today, but still made 4.62 O's or 18.5kWh:T
    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.
  • groovyf
    groovyf Posts: 286 Forumite
    Sixth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Quite a cloudy day here also, but got 16.04kWh / 4.01 O's in the bag. Should be better tomorrow!
    4kWp system (Feb 2014) : 1.5 SW, 2.5 NE (16x Bisol BMO/250, Aurora Power-One UNO PVI-3.6 Inverter : pvoutput.org/list.jsp?id=29935
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Martyn1981 wrote: »
    Didn't get 5 Os ......

    did get 5.52 Os :T

    and at 30.8kWh, my first 30+ of the year too. Nice. :cool:

    Mart.

    At last; very well deserved.....:bdaycake::bdaycake::bdaycake: :bdaycake::bdaycake: five cakes for 5 O's + the 0.52 O's :T:T that takes the stewie-dancing-smiley-emoticon.gif

    A n other Hawaii + 0.04 O's for me......coffee.gif
    2.5 kWp PV system, SSW facing, 45 Deg Roof. ABB Inverter, Monitor: 'Wattson'.
    Reg. for FIT Nov 2011. "It's not what you generate; it's how you use it that matters". One very clean Vauxhall Diesel Sri, £30.00 Road Tax: B)

    Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).
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