📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

Options
1…24332434243624382439…3820

Comments

  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,990 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    1.05 O's here on a Sunny Xmas day:T
    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.
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,396 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Coastalwatch wrote: »
    And today, Santa sent 2 O's :D

    No coal from Santa (I've been a good boy) but a very unusual O, a December O, which are rarer than hens teeth for my system. Now predicting best year + 11 O's.
    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.
  • EVandPV
    EVandPV Posts: 2,112 Forumite
    Fifth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Oh well, it was nice while it lasted. 0.09 0's. :undecided
    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
  • Coastalwatch
    Coastalwatch Posts: 3,599 Forumite
    Seventh Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    EVandPV wrote: »
    Oh well, it was nice while it lasted. 0.09 0's. :undecided
    Yes and I'll second that, 0.09 too!
    East coast, lat 51.97. 8.26kw SSE, 23° pitch + 0.59kw WSW vertical. Nissan Leaf plus Zappi charger and 2 x ASHP's. Givenergy 8.2 & 9.5 kWh batts, 2 x 3 kW ac inverters. Indra V2H . CoCharger Host, Interest in Ripple Energy & Abundance.
  • tunnel
    tunnel Posts: 2,601 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Not been around for a while so merry Christmas to those who do know me and to those alike who do not
    1.2 O's :beer:yesterday but today managed a whopping 0.07 O's:mad:, good job i was out at the in-laws all day and not using much:huh:

    Just in case i forget to post again before.....happy new year too_party_
    2 kWp SEbE , 2kWp SSW & 2.5kWp NWbW.....in sunny North Derbyshire17.7kWh Givenergy battery added(for the power hungry kids)
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,990 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    legoman62 wrote: »
    1.05 O's here on a Sunny Xmas day:T

    After the Lord Mayors show:eek:
    0.15 O's today: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.
  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,088 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Well that was a Christmas of two halves. Possibly my best ever Christmas Day at 2.29 Os followed by possibly my worst ever Boxing Day at 0.06 Os!
    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.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Hope everyone had a great :xmastree::rudolf:..:santa2: Solar PV disaster 23rd - 26th inc Total...3.4 O's..:mad: No improvement for today 0.12 O's :eek::mad::(...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).
  • pinnks
    pinnks Posts: 1,549 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Just noticed that 2019 is, somewhat unexpectedly, the second best year to date (after 2018) since my kit was installed in 2013.:beer:
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,990 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    Hope everyone had a great :xmastree::rudolf:..:santa2: Solar PV disaster 23rd - 26th inc Total...3.4 O's..:mad: No improvement for today 0.12 O's :eek::mad::(...coffee.gif

    I got less than 3 O's over the same period and thought I'd done well:eek:
    0.1 O's here today:mad::(
    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.
★ ★ ★ Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351.1K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.2K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.7K Spending & Discounts
  • 244.1K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 599.2K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 177K Life & Family
  • 257.5K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.
Update Your Picture