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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
    Party Time..:beer::beer::j:j:rotfl::rotfl: A/an Hawaii + 04 O's...:D...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).
  • Crowmann
    Crowmann Posts: 136 Forumite
    old_grouser wrote: »
    Poor Legoman! It must be terrible living north of Watford!

    5.9 Os yesterday, though only 2 Os on Monday - but it rained! (overnight!)
    Today is looking promising - nearly four Os before lunch
    "and all the clouds that lour'd upon our house
    In the deep bosom of the ocean buried."

    More seriously,a bit more data analysis, relating to Maiden Days (i.e. those Hawaiis that went to 6 Os or beyond). If the Hawaii season is Feb-Oct, and there is roughly equal distribution before and after 30th June (see my last post), the distribution is much less equal for Maidens. In my case, since July 2011, the distribution is 102 in the first half of the year, but only 62 in the second half. (I realise that the figures are possibly slightly distorted because the figures run from August 2011 to March 2017, so four months of one year (this one!) are missing). The 'Maiden' scores (for quite a bit south of Watford) are March 13; April 28; May 37; June 24; July 35; August 16; September 11. I think that this is where I got my impression that the first half of the year is quite a bit sunnier than the second half. Our most productive day so far was in mid-May (just under the elusive 7 Os, which no doubt has a name).
    Cooler panels is the reason - more sunshine but warmer panels in the later part of the summer.

    Mu peak month is from PVGIS May although last year July and August smashed their targets so in reality they achieved more.

    Still to get a Maiden the is year - today 5.85 O's
    16 265w panels South facing, 45 degrees, West Norfolk.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,000 Forumite
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    3.4 O's on the cold E. coast.....where I'm not, at the minute :D
    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.
  • defaultdriver
    defaultdriver Posts: 140 Forumite
    5.04 O's today. On target for this Month.
    3.99KW SunEdison (14 * 285W), Solis inverter, iBoost, Herts, roughly SW facing
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,408 Forumite
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    No Hawaii's in sight yet for me, but did get a 4.5 O's day yesterday, and on course for 107% this month.
    Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 20kWh 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.
  • ASavvyBuyer
    ASavvyBuyer Posts: 1,737 Forumite
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    Just 2.89 O's up in the valleys yesterday.

    But currently forecast to achieve 108% of PVGIS estimate for the month, because of the good start to the month.
  • theboylard
    theboylard Posts: 1,211 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Just shy of a maiden yesterday, so close!

    Also bought a pressure washer from Aldi, lived here for 17 years and we never knew we had coloured patio slabs!!
    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.
  • Markj1110
    Markj1110 Posts: 912 Forumite
    4.94 O's yesterday.
    3.96 kWp System, SSE Facing, 30 Degree Pitch, 12 x 330W BenQ Panels, Solar Edge Inverter, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Installed 26th May 2015.
  • countryman_2
    countryman_2 Posts: 421 Forumite
    ... 2.2 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.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Less than 1/2 a/an Hawaii today; sat at 2.04 O's...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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