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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Coastalwatch
    Coastalwatch Posts: 3,608 Forumite
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    edited 17 February 2019 at 6:17PM
    The sun has just dipped below the yard arm(neighbours bungalow roof) and happy to record 2.9 O's on a sunny day sprinkled with light high cloud. What a bonus at this time of year too, pumping 18.4kWh of it into the Leaf. :)
    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.
  • Zarch
    Zarch Posts: 393 Forumite
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    Zarch wrote: »
    Three good uns in a row.....

    Thu: 2.99 O for 216% of PVGIS Daily
    Fri: 2.95 O for 213% of PVGIS Daily
    Sat: 2.71 O for 196% of PVGIS Daily

    :j

    Still in this run of 2's (just) and still well over daily average.

    Sun: 2.15 for 155% of PVGIS Daily
    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
  • Oscargrouch
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    Bit of a Sad day today with only..1.84 O's..surprised-scream-smiley-emoticon.gif...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).
  • KevinG
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    A fairly decent 2.92 Os today, well above PVGIS of 1.6 but I'm still slightly down on the month, although above allowing for the fact that it's the first half of the month, if you see what I mean. :)
    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.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,000 Forumite
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    Only 1.9 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.
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,404 Forumite
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    Mnd wrote: »
    Sorry for the idiot question, what are 'O"s

    First rule of O Club is that we don't ................. damn, I've done it again! :shhh:
    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.
  • Some decent days here in North Derbyshire.

    14th - 2.5 O's
    15th - 2.4 O's
    16th - 2.0 O's
    17th - 1.2 O's (Horrible day!)
  • Pretty good few days over in Leicestershire:
    14th - 3.27 O's
    15th - 3.29 O's
    16th - 2.24 O's
    17th - 2.39 O's

    Over 70kWh produced :)
    6.3kW system in Loughborough. 15 JASolar 300w panels on main roof SSE (no shading) with 4.2kW Growatt Inverter. 6 JASolar 300w panels on garage roof WSW (some winter shading) with a 1.65kW Growatt Inverter. Running a Nissan Leaf 24kW and considering battery storage :)
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    Bit C*ap day today..1.4 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).
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,000 Forumite
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    Wet and miserable afternoon = 1.4 O's here 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.
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