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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Messy winter gen here the last week, ranging from almost 0% to 200% of daily targets. Jan prediction just holding on at 100%.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.5 -
Looked to be a cracking day that would be best day of the year. On track till 10:15 then it was up and down like a Rollercoaster till 13:45
Ended the day as 2nd best day of Month and Year!
11.93 kWh or 3.001 O's
4 days to get 7 kWh to be Best January.
Just had a look at PVGIS and pretended to move my house onto the south coast with the same longitude and my yearly total goes up by 750 kWh per year!
Now I understand the phrase Its Grim Up North!
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds7 -
A nice 1.33 O's today which puts me over my PVGIS to 105%
78.7kWh generated so far this month.4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.3 -
And another whole O here, in fact 1.2 so adding further to bolster the months impressive figure.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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Decent 1.92 O’s here for me 😀Solar install Aug 2021, Lancashire
4.74kW array, 4.6kW Solis inverter. SSW roof. 21° pitch. No shading. Pigeon Proofed.
12 x 395W Jinko Tiger panels
Powerwall install Nov 21
Octopus Go Faster tariff - 3 hours @ 4.5p/kW 20:30-23:30 and 15.78p/kW peak rate4 -
1.3 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.5
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Merlin139 said:
Just had a look at PVGIS and pretended to move my house onto the south coast with the same longitude and my yearly total goes up by 750 kWh per year!
Now I understand the phrase Its Grim Up North!2 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.4 -
I'm feeling somewhat jealous of Merlin139. I think they have a better panel orientation clearer horizons than I do.2.27kWh, 0.83 O's. Still worth havingN. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill member.
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.Not exactly back from my break, but dipping in and out of the forum.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!6 -
Another Happy day, an exact mirror of yesterday 1.96 O's2.5 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).6 -
Clear skies here for 1.69 Os. That takes me to 103% of PVGIS with 4 days left to go.5.2kW (13 x Hyundai 400w), SSE, Central Bedfordshire. Panels installed Dec 2021. Hyundia e-Kona.3
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