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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Good day today for end of January 1.96 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).5 -
An above average day to finish an above average month, 1.93 O's. In fact the best Jan since install @148% compared to pvgis. Can't be right, can it? Anyway certainly made up for that dreary December.
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.6 -
Cracking end to the month here with 1.65 O’s. 127.5kW generated in January, 134% of PVGI expectation.Also just received email off Octopus increasing export rate to 4.1p/kWh. Happy days 😀4
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Best production day since installation - 3.73 Os. That gives me 127% of PVGIS. I hope this continues... although the forecast for February is looking grey.5.2kW (13 x Hyundai 400w), SSE, Central Bedfordshire. Panels installed Dec 2021. Hyundia e-Kona.4
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Even better today 2.24 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 -
1.235 today which puts me me up to 116% PVGIS (91.5kWh).
Not bad, full import/export figures tomorrow.4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.2 -
2.7 O's today2 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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1.85 O's today. Best Jan ever 27.875 O's.👏🤣
Previous best Jan 2015 25 O's
Worst Jan 2016 16.525 O's.
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 -
Another great day here, hope its been the same for everyone.
Best day of the Year. 13.41 kWh or 3.37 O's
201.6 kWh or 174% of PVGIS
Sadly discovered that my iboost had stopped working. Batteries in the sender unit had died.
Confirmed what I had been thinking for a couple of days.
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds5 -
Merlin139 said:Another great day here, hope its been the same for everyone.Good, but not as good as yesterday and no-where near as good as yours!5.90kWh, 2.17 O's Totals for January: 84kWh generated (30.75 O's, 94% of PVGIS), 219kWh imported, 17kWh exported. Plus 134m3 of gas (vs. 162m3 for January 2021).Plus, I've fitted a Zigbee smart switch to my immersion heater. If gas is more expensive than offpeak Octopus Go from April, I'll be heating water electrically.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
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