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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,123 Forumite
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    A miserable 1.92 Os for me today. :(
    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.
  • JKenH
    JKenH Posts: 5,205 Forumite
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    edited 25 April 2019 at 7:28AM
    A very up and down day seeing a very low low of 60watts at about 4.30 pm. 2.9 Os today which is just 95% of daily PVGIS. Now at 86% of monthly target so 45 kWh in hand which might be needed to get us through the next 6 days.
    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)
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,073 Forumite
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    4.075 O's here today...and no rain as of yet: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.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    legoman62 wrote: »
    4.075 O's here today...and no rain as of yet:D
    Lucky Man...:cool:..2.56 O's here...:(...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).
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,505 Forumite
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    JKenH wrote: »
    A very up and down day seeing a very low low of 60kw at about 4.30 pm.

    I suspect I've infected you now with my hard-of-thinking - 60kW's and you're complaining? ;)

    Gen here was pitiful, about 1.5 O's, with lots of grey, and in the afternoon I had to close all the recently opened windows and Velux' and pop the HP back on.
    Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 28kWh 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.
  • 1961Nick
    1961Nick Posts: 2,107 Forumite
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    A middling 3.68 O's

    Not quite enough to get the Duracells through to sunrise, but pretty close.
    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
  • JKenH
    JKenH Posts: 5,205 Forumite
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    Martyn1981 wrote: »
    I suspect I've infected you now with my hard-of-thinking - 60kW's and you're complaining? ;)

    No, I’m just losing it.

    Overcast here, today, with the sunshine occasionally breaking through between the clouds giving me a surprise 3.79kw flash at 8.30 before disappearing, probably for the rest of the day.
    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)
  • zeupater
    zeupater Posts: 5,390 Forumite
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    JKenH wrote: »
    A very up and down day seeing a very low low of 60watts at about 4.30 pm. 2.9 Os today which is just 95% of daily PVGIS. Now at 86% of monthly target so 45 kWh in hand which might be needed to get us through the next 6 days.
    Hi

    60W? ... luxury, our inverter actually got bored & went to sleep a couple of times yesterday afternoon ...

    HTH
    Z
    "We are what we repeatedly do, excellence then is not an act, but a habit. " ...... Aristotle
    B)
  • onomatopoeia99
    onomatopoeia99 Posts: 7,193 Forumite
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    A mere 1.5 O yesterday, it was thick cloud all day until an hour or so before sunset.
    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
  • 1961Nick
    1961Nick Posts: 2,107 Forumite
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    At least these heavy downpours will wash all that Sahara dust off our panels....: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
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