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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Sterlingtimes
    Sterlingtimes Posts: 2,583 Forumite
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    3.44 O's today.
    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".
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    ispookie666 wrote: »
    2 weeks into my solar panels
    3.5kwp 14x250 w panels and enphase micro inverters.
    Best O's : 5.87
    worst O's: 1.97
    Yest: 4.47

    Welcome to the Loony Bin....angry-smiley-face-swearing-emoticon.gif
    Sterlingtimes wrote: »
    3.44 O's today.

    Not a good day..3.92 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).
  • theboylard
    theboylard Posts: 1,211 Forumite
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    edited 24 July 2015 at 12:04AM
    The brighter start, with a bit of a kick around lunch, helped to reach 4.2 ho's today.

    Need 15 ho's for target, looking at the forecast, not looking promising!!
    Metcheck says not a dry day until Thursday :(
    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.
  • ely_ellis
    ely_ellis Posts: 145 Forumite
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    Managed almost 3.6 'O's yesterday (23rd). Bit better than the last few days.
    Graph shows a sunny morning up until around 9am then just drops off with a single peak around midday but only upto 2.5kWh.
    Martin (With an I)

    4.00 kWp System, 15° East of South, 35° Pitch, 16 (250w) x 8.33 Eternity Panels, Solaredge Optimisers and SE4000(16A) inverter, iBoost. Just North of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
  • Markj1110
    Markj1110 Posts: 912 Forumite
    3.87 O's yesterday. I think the panels will get a good wash/clean later looking at what is heading our way!!:eek:
    3.96 kWp System, SSE Facing, 30 Degree Pitch, 12 x 330W BenQ Panels, Solar Edge Inverter, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Installed 26th May 2015.
  • Pulpdiction
    Pulpdiction Posts: 231 Forumite
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    So in my first month of generation (on my 3.5kw system) I have generated 415kwhs (from 2.30pm on 23rd June to 22nd July inclusive) against a forecast from PGVIS of 367kwhs, so I have generated 113% of forecast and including the first day of partial generation I have had 9 days where I only got single digit returns in terms of kwhs.

    Very happy with that for the first month and lets hope I can continue to generate at that level or more above forecast for the next 20 years.
  • EricMears
    EricMears Posts: 3,328 Forumite
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    Pulpdiction wrote: »
    Very happy with that for the first month and lets hope I can continue to generate at that level or more above forecast for the next 20 years.
    I'm sure we all hope that ! Alas, there are good months and bad months and I'm sure you'll get some of each over the next twenty years.
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • Pulpdiction
    Pulpdiction Posts: 231 Forumite
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    EricMears wrote: »
    I'm sure we all hope that ! Alas, there are good months and bad months and I'm sure you'll get some of each over the next twenty years.

    Absolutely, but I think to some extent I've not had a great month, for June/July to have third (well 9 out of 30) of those days in single figures (with 5kwhs on 2 days) then I think the month hasn't been great. Hence I'm pretty pleased with how I've started out. But as you say I'm sure there will be good and bad months.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    EricMears wrote: »
    I'm sure we all hope that ! Alas, there are good months and bad months and I'm sure you'll get some of each over the next twenty years.

    I think today is qualifying as bad.... http://wattson.energyhive.com/dashboard/oscarsenergy 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: 2,583 Forumite
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    Well at 20:13, I think that I will surrender. Just tipped an O. Avoided the sub-O embarrassment at least.
    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".
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