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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • shafeeq
    shafeeq Posts: 973 Forumite
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    Hi

    9.60 kwh today.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    11.8kWh today:beer:
    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).
  • EricMears
    EricMears Posts: 3,320 Forumite
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    17.94 kWh today

    Not the unbroken sunshine forecasters were promising though. Whenever I switched something on, a cloud came from nowhere to hide sun :mad:

    Maybe tomorrow . . . . ?
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,132 Forumite
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    Miserable day, 3.29kWh, has to get better :(
    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.
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    Miserable day, 3.29kWh, has to get better :(

    Think you should move north,10.5 today off 1.96Kwp system:D
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    tunnel wrote: »
    Think you should move north,10.5 today off 1.96Kwp system:D
    Not too far though.....:rotfl:
    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).
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    17.22kWh today
    Due to send my reading to Eon next week
    Hoping to get over 1400kWh for my 3rd quarter:D
    Total output up to now is 2618kWh
    Need another 82kWh as of now, to make 1400kWh so, if the sun stays out, I might do it
    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.
  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,132 Forumite
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    tunnel wrote: »
    Think you should move north,10.5 today off 1.96Kwp system:D
    Well I'm hoping for somewhere near that today - we'll see!
    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.
  • How does that compare to the PVGIS estimate for your location/system
    

    We have exceeded PVGS Classic by 7.3%
  • shafeeq
    shafeeq Posts: 973 Forumite
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    Hi

    13.14kwh today.
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