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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
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    One combined Hawaii today, takes me to 4 x hawaii and 4 x maidens this month.....but still miles...and miles to go before catching up with last years May total:(
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,105 Forumite
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    Maiden+ 0.225 O's today:D
    Been away for a while. Averaged a/an Hawaii for the last 15 days: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.
  • JKenH
    JKenH Posts: 5,363 Forumite
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    4.48 Os yesterday

    5.81 Os today including a maiden from the west roof for a new best day:j

    97% of target for the 24 days we’ve had this month.
    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.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    Not such a good day, not grumbling...1% above PVGIS for May and A/an Hawaii + 0.4 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).
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,472 Forumite
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    Better day.

    Maiden + 0.77 O's
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • 1961Nick
    1961Nick Posts: 2,107 Forumite
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    Merlin139 wrote: »
    Better day.

    Maiden + 0.77 O's

    Absolutely thrashed you out of the park...

    Maiden + 0.775 O's

    :rotfl:
    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
  • onomatopoeia99
    onomatopoeia99 Posts: 7,218 Forumite
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    My row of four maidens was broken with 5.38 O yesterday, and as of an hour ago I passed April's generation figure.
    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
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    No Maidens here, but at least A/an Hawaii + 0.44 O's yet again. I can cope with that every day of the year..:rotfl::T:)...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: 2,138 Forumite
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    A slightly disappointing 4.63 Os yesterday and an even more disappointing 3.67 Os today. But even that is slightly above my May PVGIS daily estimate
    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: 5,363 Forumite
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    Much better than expected producing a best ever day for the east roof of 5.60 Os but only 3.22 Os from the west roof, overall 4.32 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.
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