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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Coastalwatch
    Coastalwatch Posts: 3,616 Forumite
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    Almost! 4.94 today.:) Although with the sun now lower in the sky SolarEdge is showing that a certain Silver birch tree is making it's presence felt on the panels for a couple of hours in the morning. Guess it's a good job we had it included, in spite of the rep saying there wouldn't be a shading issue!
    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.
  • Coastalwatch
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    ASavvyBuyer wrote: »
    3.03 O's for today; mainly used for heating water, as out with EV most of the day.
    Sadly, no immersion tank here yet to heat the water in, but Zappi did manage to cram 18 kWh's of sunshine into the EV. :)
    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.
  • JKenH
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    I am happy with my 3.0 O’s today.
    Northern Lincolnshire. 7.8 kWp system, (4.2 kw west facing panels , 3.6 kw east facing), Solis inverters, Solar IBoost water heater, Mitsubishi SRK35ZS-S and SRK20ZS-S Wall Mounted Inverter Heat Pumps, ex Nissan Leaf owner)
  • Oscargrouch
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    Merlin139 wrote: »
    Very nice day today. Managed to get all my holiday washing from yesterday Ironed today for free.:)
    Passed 300 kWh's for the month. Passed 18 MWh's since installation.
    Hawaii + 0.45 O's
    I see the sun may be lacking north of the Humber tomorrow so no good score for me then!
    Nearly matched you..a/an Hawaii + 0.32 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).
  • Waywardmike
    Waywardmike Posts: 205 Forumite
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    edited 26 September 2018 at 4:24PM
    I mentioned previously that we're having a loft extension which required a 'tin roof'.

    Finally the scaffolding is coming down to roof level and the solar panels are exposed to direct sunlight again...

    There are still a lot of poles casting shadows on the panels so no where near optimal yet, (and I may use this opportunity while the scaffolding is there to wash them) but it's a vast improvement...

    this week has been the first time we've broken the 300w level.

    I imagine this has put our payback at least 9 months, but we do have an amazing new space so I can probably live with that. :)

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    4 Kwp System, South Facing, 35 Degree Pitch, 16 x 250W Solarworld Panels, SMA Sunnyboy 3600 Inverter, Installed 02/09/14 in Sunny South Bedford - £5600
    Growatt AC Coupled SPA3000tl and 6.5kWh battery Installed Apr 2022
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,012 Forumite
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    edited 26 September 2018 at 1:09PM
    Last nights post seems to have vanished:eek:
    Approx 3.9 O's yesterday:T
    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
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    A "mere" 5.4 Os today and smashed through September PVGIS :)
    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.
  • JKenH
    JKenH Posts: 5,141 Forumite
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    Only 1.95 Os here.
    Northern Lincolnshire. 7.8 kWp system, (4.2 kw west facing panels , 3.6 kw east facing), Solis inverters, Solar IBoost water heater, Mitsubishi SRK35ZS-S and SRK20ZS-S Wall Mounted Inverter Heat Pumps, ex Nissan Leaf owner)
  • ASavvyBuyer
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    Exactly 2 O's today.
  • Coastalwatch
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    KevinG wrote: »
    A "mere" 5.4 Os today and smashed through September PVGIS :)
    Flipping heck Kev, do you have some sort of monopoly on sunshine?;)
    Just 4.8 O's today but what a great finish to the month.:T
    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.
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