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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • JKenH
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    1961Nick wrote: »
    My advice is to move next door to Merlin...

    Now that would be depressing:)

    Now all that is left is a thin haze and the sun is shifting away from the east panels to the west we have settled down to a very consistent 3.9kw or thereabouts which is about 0.5 kw down on what we were getting on Monday Under a similar sky. This consistent sun isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. On the intermittently sunny/cloudy days we were seeing 5.9kw peaks. I am just wondering if on those cloudy/sunny days overall production might be a bit higher.
    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.
  • ASavvyBuyer
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    Poor day yesterday, just 1.3 O's, but generation meter went through the 10MWh landmark since install.
  • 1961Nick
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    It didn't quite live up to expectations, but hey ho....

    4.66 O's
    4kWp (black/black) - Sofar Inverter - SSE(141°) - 30° pitch - North Lincs
    Installed June 2013 - PVGIS = 3400
    Sunsynk Ecco Inverter & Pylontech 5x US2000, 3x US3000, 3x US5000 Batteries - 37kWh
  • Merlin139
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    Slow start and then it turned into a nice day.

    Only Hawaii + 0.79 O's

    It should have been better.
    3.975 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • legoman62
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    Hawaii + 0.2 O's here today
    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
    JKenH Posts: 5,558
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    Finished up with 3.6 Os, 28.3 kWh. Shame about the morning.
    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.
  • onomatopoeia99
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    4.2 O today, light cloud in the morning then the sun came out mid-afternoon.
    Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 2023
  • Oscargrouch
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    legoman62 wrote: »
    Hawaii + 0.2 O's here today
    What can one say apart from you beat me by 0.2 O's..:(:( Only a/an (like to be politically correct) Hawaii on the nose for me..:)...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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    1.84 Os yesterday, 4.86 Os today, more sun on the way I think. :)
    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.
  • Coastalwatch
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    4.45 O's here and now threatening to surpass pvgis for April, if the bank holiday weekend lives up to forecast!
    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.
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