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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    Merlin139 wrote: »
    Great morning but hit and miss afternoon. 4.8 O's
    So sorry for you..:p A nice little Hawaii + 0.52 O's today...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
    KevinG Posts: 2,106 Forumite
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    Not a bad four days:

    Wednesday: 2.98 Os
    Thursday: 3.2 Os
    Friday: 5.54 Os
    Saturday: 5.34 Os

    I won't hit PVGIS for March today but I won't be far off, however March has been kind to me on the whole and I have well exceeded PVGIS in 5 out of 7 past years.
    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.
  • 1961Nick
    1961Nick Posts: 2,107 Forumite
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    It's a record March following a record in February.:j

    Despite losing 30 days in January due to a failed inverter, I'm now 17kWh ahead of PVGIS for the year.:cool:
    4kWp (black/black) - Sofar Inverter - SSE(141°) - 30° pitch - North Lincs
    Installed June 2013 - PVGIS = 3400
    Sofar ME3000SP Inverter & 5 x Pylontech US2000B Plus & 3 x US2000C Batteries - 19.2kWh
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,029 Forumite
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    3.575 O's yesterday: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.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,275 Forumite
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    edited 31 March 2019 at 7:43PM
    Slow start and midday cloud prevented a Maiden.

    Hawaii + 0.89 O's

    Ended the month on 106 O's

    Best month since Aug 2018 and only1.5 O's lower than Aug 2018

    Best ever March and 38 O's more than 2018 which was the poorest.

    Best Q1 Jan - Mar 220.5 O's Poorest 2018 with 152 O's

    Submitted FIT Reading so accurate figure for change in rate from tomorrow.
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • EricMears
    EricMears Posts: 3,313 Forumite
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    My pvgis 'forecast' for March is 318.5kWh. This month's actual gen was 327kWh i.e. 2.7% above forecast
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • JKenH
    JKenH Posts: 5,164 Forumite
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    3.0 Os today, 23.8 kWh. 96% of March PVGIS and 101.6% of year to date PVGIS
    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
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    No Hawaii today, only 4.6 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: 5,029 Forumite
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    Joint best day on the last day of the month = 4.225 O's:D
    March total of 306.3 kWh: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.
  • ajbell
    ajbell Posts: 1,151 Forumite
    5.35 Os today and 6th 5 O+ in the last 8 days and tomorrow looks good for another.
    4kWp, South facing, 16 x phono solar panels, Solis inverter, Lincolnshire.
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