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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Oscargrouch
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    KevinG wrote: »
    Closed down really early today for a pathetic 0.37 Os
    And I was going to moan with only 1.12 O's today..:rotfl::rotfl::beer:..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).
  • Coastalwatch
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    An overcast morning returned just 0.42 O's, then a bright afternoon saw us record 1.32. Saved again!
    East coast, lat 51.97. 8.26kWp SSE, 23° pitch + 0.59kWp WSW vertical. Carport 3° pitch 6.16kWp. Nissan Leaf plus Zappi charger and 2 x A2A HP's. Givenergy 8.2 & 9.5 kWh batts, 2 x 3 kW ac inverters. Indra V2H. Graig Fatha 1.56 kW's, Kirk Hill 0.88 kW's, CoCharger Host & Interest in Abundance.
  • Merlin139
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    Grey and just horrid able!;)

    0.45 O's
    3.975 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Zarch
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    1.75 here for 171% of PVGIS average.

    Yep, PVGIS November target is almost my system capacity..... makes for an easy 1:1 calculation this month! :rotfl:
    17 x 300W panels (5.1kW) on a 3.68kW SolarEdge system in Sunny Sheffield.
    12kW Pylontech battery storage system with Lux AC controller
    Creator of the Energy Stats UK website and @energystatsuk Twitter Feed
  • tunnel
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    1.5 combined O's for me, not bad going looking at some of the poor results elsewhere today.
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • legoman62
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    Merlin139 wrote: »
    Grey and just horrid able!;)

    0.45 O's

    Here too:mad: 0.525 O's 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.
  • JKenH
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    0.65 here. My set up doesn’t mind the sort of cloud we had today.
    Northern Lincolnshire. 7.8 kWp system, (4.2 kWwest facing panels , 3.6 kWeast facing), Solis inverters installed 2018, 5kW SSE facing system (shaded in afternoon) added in 2025 with Tesla PW3 battery, Mitsubishi SRK35ZS-S and SRK20ZS-S Wall Mounted A2A Heat Pumps, ex Nissan Leaf owner.
  • JKenH
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    It’s going to be a slow day today. Chugging along at 69 watts which might be as good as it gets.
    Northern Lincolnshire. 7.8 kWp system, (4.2 kWwest facing panels , 3.6 kWeast facing), Solis inverters installed 2018, 5kW SSE facing system (shaded in afternoon) added in 2025 with Tesla PW3 battery, Mitsubishi SRK35ZS-S and SRK20ZS-S Wall Mounted A2A Heat Pumps, ex Nissan Leaf owner.
  • Coastalwatch
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    JKenH wrote: »
    It’s going to be a slow day today. Chugging along at 69 watts which might be as good as it gets.
    Likewise here JKen, it's 11.10 and our system here has recorded a mere 290 W's.

    Are we even going to reach one kW today? :rotfl:
    East coast, lat 51.97. 8.26kWp SSE, 23° pitch + 0.59kWp WSW vertical. Carport 3° pitch 6.16kWp. Nissan Leaf plus Zappi charger and 2 x A2A HP's. Givenergy 8.2 & 9.5 kWh batts, 2 x 3 kW ac inverters. Indra V2H. Graig Fatha 1.56 kW's, Kirk Hill 0.88 kW's, CoCharger Host & Interest in Abundance.
  • KevinG
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    Coastalwatch wrote: »
    Likewise here JKen, it's 11.10 and our system here has recorded a mere 290 W's.

    Are we even going to reach one kW today? :rotfl:
    210W here right now, no chance of getting anywhere near 1kW :(
    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.
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