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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,001 Forumite
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    My Hits (not a spelling error) must like this freezing cold weather with a little sun
    9.6kWh today:rotfl:
    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: 2,094 Forumite
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    Heavy snow for most of the day, not a trace of sunshine, panels covered, amazed to get 80Wh
    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.
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,408 Forumite
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    Forecast was lousy, weather was great, 2.5'O's (14kWh's).

    Mart.
    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.
  • Oscargrouch
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    edited 11 March 2013 at 11:49PM
    EricMears wrote: »
    Total for day (so far - @4:20pm) was 8.8kWh (aka 2 oranges + 1 satsuma) and every chance we'll creep over 9kWh before dusk.

    9.08 kWh for the day

    Okay I give in, whats the equation Orange = 2.0 ?? Satsuma = 0.27 ?? Assuming 9kWh for the day...smiley-laughing021.gif
    shafeeq wrote: »
    Considering the weather today I was pleasantly suprised to see the reading. It generated 8.26 kwh today. It the highest power of the year for short period today of 2.66kwh.. so roll on summer lol
    :beer: You'r in the Chair....Winners Pay...even on the only just. smiley-hug010.gif
    KevinG wrote: »
    Heavy snow for most of the day, not a trace of sunshine, panels covered, amazed to get 80Wh

    Was that 80 whaaattttt = 40 (0's):eek:

    I had a bad day as well, if it's of any consolation... 2.56 (0's) :(
    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).
  • EricMears
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    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    Okay I give in, whats the equation Orange = 2.0 ?? Satsuma = 0.25 ?? Assuming 9kWh for the day...

    I thought everyone knew that a satsuma was a very small orange (approx same size as a mandarin), a tangerine a fairly small orange and a Jaffa a very large one :D
    NE Derbyshire.4kWp S Facing 17.5deg slope (dormer roof).24kWh of Pylontech batteries with Lux controller BEV : Hyundai Ioniq5
  • Oscargrouch
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    EricMears wrote: »
    I thought everyone knew that a satsuma was a very small orange (approx same size as a mandarin), a tangerine a fairly small orange and a Jaffa a very large one :D

    How stupid of me...:o I always thought that a Mandarin was a Chinese gentleman and a Jaffa was some kind of cake..(perhaps) sorry...smiley-hug010.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).
  • InVestor_2
    InVestor_2 Posts: 270 Forumite
    edited 12 March 2013 at 10:42AM
    7th 2.9 bananas
    8th 1.3
    9th 1.8
    10th 0.8
    11th 4.2

    9 in the morning, and kicking out 3.2 kW. Much more like it. Had to clean the snow off the panels first. Now, to find ways to use all that free energy. :p
  • KevinG
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    edited 12 March 2013 at 2:15PM
    Oscargrouch wrote: »
    Was that 80 whaaattttt = 40 (0's):eek:(
    Yeah, 40 O's, don't expect any more today although amazingly generating 17W at the moment through all the snow.

    Aha - sun's shining on the panels and thawing them, lovely to see the snow sliding off!

    Turned into a brilliant day - been pumping out 1.6kW for a few hours now :)
    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.
  • jackieblack
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    After a lousy few days and total white-out yesterday, we've had a lovely sunny day today and generated 10kWh!
    (4.5kWh/kWp)
    Unexpected, but very welcome :)

    (The forecast for the next few days is changing hour-by-hour at the moment, but I'm not expecting another day like today anytime soon.)
    2.22kWp Solar PV system installed Oct 2010, Fronius IG20 Inverter, south facing (-5 deg), 30 degree pitch, no shading
    Everything will be alright in the end so, if it’s not yet alright, it means it’s not yet the end
    MFW #4 OPs: 2018 £866.89, 2019 £1322.33, 2020 £1337.07
    2021 £1250.00, 2022 £1500.00, 2023 £1500, 2024 £1350
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  • Oscargrouch
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    edited 12 March 2013 at 8:12PM
    2.24 kWh/kWp for me; identical in O's smiley-hug010.gif

    Edit: The one on the above right has to be Shafeeq. smiley-laughing021.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).
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