Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 1,872 Forumite
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    edited 25 February 2019 at 9:40PM
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    4.4 Os today, heading for my second best February after last year.


    Edit: actually, if the next three days are close to the last two I will actually beat it!
    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: 4,571 Forumite
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    Best day this year 2.975 O's today:beer:
    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.
  • Oscargrouch
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    Getting very close now...4.48 O's today..:beer::beer::j..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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    A mere 4.16 O's here,:eek: but another record day for Feb and a staggering 131% of pvgis with three days to month end. :)
    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.
  • ajbell
    ajbell Posts: 1,151 Forumite
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    4.95 Os yesterday and 130% of pvgis.
    4kWp, South facing, 16 x phono solar panels, Solis inverter, Lincolnshire.
  • Rheumatoid
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    5.22 O's yesterday. Best day of year so far but may not be for long judging by today's forecast.
    16 Panel (250W JASolar) 4kWp, facing 170 degrees, 40 degree slope, Solis Inverter. Installed 29/9/2015 - £4700 (Norfolk Solar Together Scheme); 9.6kWh US2000C Pylontech batteries + Solis Inverter installed 12/4/2022 Year target (PVGIS-CMSAF) = 3880kWh - Installer estimate 3452 kWh:Average over 6 years = 4400 :j
  • ASavvyBuyer
    ASavvyBuyer Posts: 1,737 Forumite
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    Best day of the year, so far, yesterday. 1.74 O's.
  • ajbell
    ajbell Posts: 1,151 Forumite
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    Really?, are you underground?.
    4kWp, South facing, 16 x phono solar panels, Solis inverter, Lincolnshire.
  • ASavvyBuyer
    ASavvyBuyer Posts: 1,737 Forumite
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    ajbell wrote: »
    Really?, are you underground?.


    No, shaded by a mountain, for part of the day, at this time of the year.
  • Dave_Fowler
    Dave_Fowler Posts: 614 Forumite
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    Although the weather has been the same 'full sun' for the past three days - in fact the days are longer by about 5 minutes a day - the panel outputs have fallen.

    System 1: 14.226, 14.167, 14.105 kWh
    System 2: 10.867, 10,860, 10.821 kWh

    The panel temperatures have risen each day and the output fallen.

    Even so, I can't complain. Now running at 151% of PVGIS for February and it's the best February ever (since 2012).

    Dave F


    p.s. Why is it that every time I put in two returns in the text to make a space between paragraphs the 'Preview' inserts an extra one or two returns in my typing and makes large gaps between paragraphs which have to be edited out?
    Solar PV System 1: 2.96kWp South+8 degrees. Roof 38 degrees. 'Normal' system
    Solar PV System 2: 3.00kWp South-4 degrees. Roof 28 degrees. SolarEdge system
    EV car, PodPoint charger
    Lux LXP 3600 ACS + 6 x 2.4kWh Aoboet LFP 2400 battery storage. Installed Feb 2021
    Location: Bedfordshire
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