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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
    3.72 O's today, better than yesterday; luckily no drop off....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).
  • 5.8 gorgeous O's today and of those a worthy 12.43 KWh to the immersion heater via the iboost :T
    4kw PV fitted 4th July 2014 (Green Energy NW £5600). WSW facing, 30 deg Pitch, Unshaded, Samil Solar River inverter, 16 Solar World Mono panels, Iboost on Immersion Heater. located in mid Lincolnshire.
  • jrfarrim
    jrfarrim Posts: 52 Forumite
    3rd maiden on the trot, 6.4 Os yesterday.
    Bury - 4.96kWp system
    16 x Canadian Solar 310w Poly panels, Samil 4500TL-D Inverter, Direct South Facing , Installed May 2015
  • Markj1110
    Markj1110 Posts: 912 Forumite
    6.45 O's yesterday, 2nd Maiden on the trot! :j
    3.96 kWp System, SSE Facing, 30 Degree Pitch, 12 x 330W BenQ Panels, Solar Edge Inverter, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Installed 26th May 2015.
  • ajbell
    ajbell Posts: 1,151 Forumite
    Only 5.7 Os yesterday.
    4kWp, South facing, 16 x phono solar panels, Solis inverter, Lincolnshire.
  • Hi,
    Thanks edwink and zeupater.
    We do have a Chimney, but very little if any shading.
    Actually it was the graph from oldskoo1, that got me thinking, as he seems to be over
    3.2 for a couple of hours, whereas I was at 3.2 for the same period.

    3.95 O's yesterday, at 97% of Apr target.
    3.99KW SunEdison (14 * 285W), Solis inverter, iBoost, Herts, roughly SW facing
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,287 Forumite
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    4.53 O's

    Very up and down day. Hit 4.04 kW at 11:15, wind kept the temp down and the cloud kept the sun down! smiley-laughing021.gif

    And noweth the beer duth call! smiley-eatdrink005.gif
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • carbry
    carbry Posts: 228 Forumite
    Fourth Anniversary
    miserable cloudy day 3.8 O's today
    3.13 kWp system, south facing, East Coast lincolnshire. Installed dec 2015
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,037 Forumite
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    A better than expected 4.4 O's here today:)
    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.
  • countryman_2
    countryman_2 Posts: 421 Forumite
    edited 22 April 2016 at 8:45PM
    Lincolnshire sun shone on the Legomans panels more than mine . . . 3.49 O's today.
    4kw PV fitted 4th July 2014 (Green Energy NW £5600). WSW facing, 30 deg Pitch, Unshaded, Samil Solar River inverter, 16 Solar World Mono panels, Iboost on Immersion Heater. located in mid Lincolnshire.
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