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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Oscargrouch
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    Merlin139 wrote: »
    Cannot believe how I done today. Its been so up and down all day and bloody cold! Had rain and some lovely sun.Peak production at 13:30 of 4.05 kWp.
    Hawaii + 0.01 O's
    Don't get too excited A/an Hawaii + 0.28 O's..from what I thought, like you, was going to be a shiiit result day....:beer::beer:...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).
  • JKenH
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    Merlin139 wrote: »
    Cannot believe how I done today. Its been so up and down all day and bloody cold! Had rain and some lovely sun.

    Peak production at 13:30 of 4.05 kWp.

    Hawaii + 0.01 O's

    Very similar weather here produced an interesting day with peaks of 2kw between 7.10am and 7.15pm, 4 kw between 9.10am and 5.35pm and a best of 6.3 kw just after noon when the sun is in line with the ridge of the roof.

    Total 4.4 Os, fourth best day of the year.
    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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    Best day of the year, so far. Clear sky, most of the day and a cool breeze.
    Hawaii + 0.65 O's
    Good day for filling up the EV with sunshine.
  • legoman62
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    Away so 4.6 O's was way better than expected 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.
  • 1961Nick
    1961Nick Posts: 2,122
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    A more than satisfactory...

    5.5 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
  • KevinG
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    A welcome 5.07 Os yesterday, wasn't expecting that.
    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.
  • onomatopoeia99
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    A very nice 5.8 O yesterday :) .
    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
  • legoman62
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    Sunless Sunday here today:mad: 2.45 O's: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.
  • JKenH
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    legoman62 wrote: »
    Sunless Sunday here today:mad: 2.45 O's:D

    Same here, 2.52 Os
    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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    3.63 O's today.
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