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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,997 Forumite
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    My 1st hat trick...unwanted:mad::( 0.225 O's here again today:eek:
    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: 5,139 Forumite
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    Similar here, 0.22 Os
    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)
  • 1961Nick
    1961Nick Posts: 2,107 Forumite
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    More of the same from here ... 0.225 O's
    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
  • Martyn1981
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    This last week of grey has decimated generation, and now only predicting 95% for November, with a mixed bag ahead over the last 4 days.

    Still projecting well ahead of best year (2014) and should overtake it in the next fortnight.
    Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 20kWh 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.
  • onomatopoeia99
    onomatopoeia99 Posts: 7,170 Forumite
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    0.67 O yesterday, seems like home must have had more cloud than work as I could see quite a bit of sunshine from my office window.

    I'm currently at 67% of November PVGIS, with not much more than 10% of the month to go.
    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
  • EVandPV
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    Fairly new to this forum so forgive my ignorance guys but what are the "O's" your all referring to here ?
    Scott in Fife, 2.9kwp pv SSW facing, 2.7kw Fronius inverter installed Jan 2012 - 14.3kwh Seplos Mason battery storage with Lux ac controller - Renault Zoe 40kwh, Corsa-e 50kwh, Zappi EV charger and Octopus Go
  • onomatopoeia99
    onomatopoeia99 Posts: 7,170 Forumite
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    EVandPV wrote: »
    Fairly new to this forum so forgive my ignorance guys but what are the "O's" your all referring to here ?
    It's generation expressed as a multiple of the kWp generation capacity of the PV system. So I have a 5.2kWp system, if I generated 10.4 kWh in a day that would be 2.0 O

    edit : I asked exactly the same question back in March when I had my system installed.
    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
  • JKenH
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    An O is an indication of the efficiency of your system on the day. Divide the day’s out put in kWh by the kWp of your system. So 6 kWh generated by a 4 kW system produces 1.5 Os. Named after Oscar of Oscargrouch fame who I believe came up with the idea.

    There are various names for multiple Os such as a Hawaii (5 Os) and a maiden (6 Os). I forget the others as they aren’t much used.

    Edit: beaten to it once again.
    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)
  • EVandPV
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    edited 27 November 2019 at 11:42AM
    Thanks guys.

    In that case, ours was a pretty shocking 0.072 here yesterday.
    Our figures have been pretty terrible for the past week due to heavy cloud and mist.
    Scott in Fife, 2.9kwp pv SSW facing, 2.7kw Fronius inverter installed Jan 2012 - 14.3kwh Seplos Mason battery storage with Lux ac controller - Renault Zoe 40kwh, Corsa-e 50kwh, Zappi EV charger and Octopus Go
  • EVandPV
    EVandPV Posts: 2,112 Forumite
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    EVandPV wrote: »
    Thanks guys.

    In that case, ours was a pretty shocking 0.072 here yesterday.
    Our figures have been pretty terrible for the past week due to heavy cloud and mist.


    Less mist today so double what we got yesterday but still a pathetic 0.14 O's.
    Scott in Fife, 2.9kwp pv SSW facing, 2.7kw Fronius inverter installed Jan 2012 - 14.3kwh Seplos Mason battery storage with Lux ac controller - Renault Zoe 40kwh, Corsa-e 50kwh, Zappi EV charger and Octopus Go
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