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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,281 Forumite
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    A great days production.

    Over an hour when production was at 4 KW. The cold sure helped.

    Hawaii + 0.71 O's
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,034 Forumite
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    1.65 O's here on the wet, wet, wet:eek: E coast today: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.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,281 Forumite
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    Wet here most of the day and never saw the Sun!

    2.01 O's

    Will be seeing the Son tomorrow whatever the weather!;):D
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    All it was here all day was Carp...1.000 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).
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,448 Forumite
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    April is not going to be a great month, might even have to put the heating back on today!
    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.
  • shavy65
    shavy65 Posts: 562 Forumite
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    Been beautiful up here last 4 days, averaged over 4 O`s per day.
    Today looks just as good.
    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:
  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,110 Forumite
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    Martyn1981 wrote: »
    April is not going to be a great month, might even have to put the heating back on today!
    Have done exactly that, but mostly to air the washing! 1.61 Os yesterday.
    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.
  • Coastalwatch
    Coastalwatch Posts: 3,634 Forumite
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    shavy65 wrote: »
    Been beautiful up here last 4 days, averaged over 4 O`s per day.
    Today looks just as good.

    Hi shavy, great to see Solar power is that effective so far north. We just managed a single O yesterday, and it's not looking any better for today or tomorrow!
    East coast, lat 51.97. 8.26kw SSE, 23° pitch + 0.59kw WSW vertical. Nissan Leaf plus Zappi charger and 2 x ASHP's. Givenergy 8.2 & 9.5 kWh batts, 2 x 3 kW ac inverters. Indra V2H . CoCharger Host, Interest in Ripple Energy & Abundance.
  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,110 Forumite
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    0.72 Os, nothing to send an email home about :)
    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.
  • ASavvyBuyer
    ASavvyBuyer Posts: 1,737 Forumite
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    2.43 O's for yesterday.
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