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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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1.6 O's2 Separate arrays, 7 x JASolar 380w panels (2.66kWp) south facing, 4 x JASolar 380w panels (1.52kWp) east facing, 11 x Tigo optimizers & cloud, Growatt SPH5000, Growatt 6.5kWh Hybrid battery (Go-live 01/12/21) - Additional reporting via Solar Assistant.2
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Poor morning with the bulk of production coming after midday.
Healthy 2.33 O's
Up to 94.9% of January PVGIS
Up to 81.2% of my January Average over 7 years.
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds6 -
Still creeping up! 1.45 O's here today
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.4 -
Some sunshine here but it clouded over by noon and I missed the best part of the day
2.62kWh, 0.96 O's.Could have been worse!N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.4 -
Grotty day here 1.12 O'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:
Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).4 -
jimjames said on 19th Nov 2021:It's exactly 10 years since our 3kWp (14 x 215W) solar panels were commissioned in Nov 2011 ...Today it's my turn. It's ten years to the day since my 11 x 247W panels were commissioned and added their first watt-hours to the grid.In ten years we've generated 25730kWh, an average of 2573kWh or 947 O's per year (947Wh per year per W of panel, if you prefer). The installer's prediction was 2415 and PVGIS says 2492 so we've beaten those numbers by 6.5% and 3.3% respectively.Samsung's panel warranty was 90% of rated output at 10 years and 80% at 25 years. My records are patchy but there's no glaringly-obvious evidence of the system being less effective today than it was when it was installed in 2012.I'm still on my original inverter and I think I've washed them down once or twice in the decade. No other maintenance or expenses.Talking of expenses, the original install cost around £8500, a little over £3/watt. At the time that was a good price. We caught the last of the 40p FITs and broke even in cash terms in the summer of 2018.I'm looking forward to the next decade!N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.7 -
1.86 O's (8kWh) - best to date!
Now up to 56.83kWh for this month, 74.4kWh is the target so could do with another stonking day like today.4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.5 -
Another day with unexpected outbreaks of sunshine. 1.9 Os.5.2kW (13 x Hyundai 400w), SSE, Central Bedfordshire. Panels installed Dec 2021. Hyundia e-Kona.7
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Exactly a double O for me. 😀, best day since 21st November.6
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1.4 O's here today, so another good day being above average. 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.5
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