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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • KevinG
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    edited 25 February 2019 at 8:40PM
    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
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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).
  • 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. 8.26kWp 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.
  • ajbell
    ajbell Posts: 1,151 Forumite
    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.
  • ASavvyBuyer
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    Best day of the year, so far, yesterday. 1.74 O's.
  • ajbell
    ajbell Posts: 1,151 Forumite
    Really?, are you underground?.
    4kWp, South facing, 16 x phono solar panels, Solis inverter, Lincolnshire.
  • ASavvyBuyer
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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.
  • 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, Evec charger
    Lux LXP 3600 ACS + 6 x 2.4kWh Aoboet LFP 2400 battery storage. Installed Feb 2021
    Location: Bedfordshire
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