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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    0.16 O's so close to the Woody....not this time though...smiley-laughing021.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).
  • Sterlingtimes
    Sterlingtimes Posts: 2,563 Forumite
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    Just about reached 0.2 Os.
    I have osteoarthritis in my hands so I speak my messages into a microphone using Dragon. Some people make "typos" but I often make "speakos".
  • 1961Nick
    1961Nick Posts: 2,107 Forumite
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    How's everyone doing against their PVGIS estimate?

    I've reached 29kWh chasing 108kWh.....27% (Including today).
    4kWp (black/black) - Sofar Inverter - SSE(141°) - 30° pitch - North Lincs
    Installed June 2013 - PVGIS = 3400
    Sofar ME3000SP Inverter & 5 x Pylontech US2000B Plus & 3 x US2000C Batteries - 19.2kWh
  • John_Pierpoint
    John_Pierpoint Posts: 8,401 Forumite
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    Any news of panels blowing away yet ?

    It us soft southerners who are going to get the blow next.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,382 Forumite
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    My production graph shows 7 staligmites with the biggest reaching 0.7 Kwh. This has given me a daily production total of!! smiley-shocked016.gif

    0.43 O'ssmiley-laughing021.gif

    Up to 57.2 Kwhs for the month which is 43 % of PVGIS (133 Kwh)smiley-happy114.gif
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • shavy65
    shavy65 Posts: 562 Forumite
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    Wierd how it`s always a good day for me far up North when it`s a bad day for you guys. Seems like I occasionally borrow the sun now and again.

    1.6 O`s for me today.
    3.975 kWp System, South facing, 21 degree pitch, 15 x Canadian Solar Elps, Samil Inverter, location NE Scotland (Fraserburgh) Bring on the Sun :beer:
  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
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    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    0.16 O's so close to the Woody....not this time though...smiley-laughing021.gif....coffee.gif

    I've got it again. At least it's wooden and will float in all this wet stuff that keeps falling out of the sky!
  • theboylard
    theboylard Posts: 1,211 Forumite
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    Yesterday, oh dear!
    0.552 kWh, 0.138 ho's :-(

    But today... unexpected item in the sky! See what that spits out later
    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.
  • Andy_WSM
    Andy_WSM Posts: 2,217 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Uniform Washer Rampant Recycler
    theboylard wrote: »
    Yesterday, oh dear!
    0.552 kWh, 0.138 ho's :-(

    But today... unexpected item in the sky! See what that spits out later

    There's only one thing being spat out of the sky down here!tumblr_mgo41t1J7K1qgawlzo1_500.gif
  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,132 Forumite
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    Just a quick note to say that December annual inflation figures just released - CPI +.0.5%, RPI +1.6% - mean that FiT payments will be increased by 1.6% from 1 April 2015.
    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.
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