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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Grey day as well - 0.86 O’sSolar 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 rate2 -
Very moist here today, started misty then turned to rain without any sight of the sun.0.63kWh, 0.23 O'sThe forecast, however, looks good for as far as it goesN. 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!4 -
Another missed Hawaii
4.87 O's
3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds6 -
It has been the best day today since I took an interest and started monitoring my system. 8.7kWh for 4.34Os.
Previously my best was the 8th Mar with almost no cloud.
Today I replaced my Sunnyboy with a Glowatt and this has yielded some interesting results. Despite the day having intermittent clouds and despite the system only running from 09:37 the yield has been better - the inverter is more efficient and I believe is not constraining in peak conditions - I saw my highest peak ever - 2.0kW (measured on Geo monitor) vs previous peak of 1.7kW. I was quite surprised to see that value (albeit briefly) from 11 year old panels.
This draws a line under my optimisations - which have included adding Tigo optimisers, removing panels from roof and cleaning and then replacing in a more optimal layout, and now adding the more modern inverter. Looking forward to the weekend - I think I'll be good for a 5-O. The optimisations were triggered by a neighbour removing a shading Silverbirch.
Central Beds, 2.02kWp (9 x 225W) south facing with some morning shade, installed 2011 (£7.16/Wp). Tigo monitoring/optimisers on all panels, Growatt MIC 2000 TL-X Inverter and Solar iBoost installed 2022. (4 x 415W + 6 x 405W garden experiment connected to SunSynk 3.6 hybrid inverter & 2 x 5.3kWh SynSynk batteries) (4 x 405W panels queued to go somewhere)4 -
A lowly 0.89 today, need to make haste to get back on track, currently only 81% of target4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.4
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Much smarter day today with 3.76 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).5 -
5.2 and 3 O's
First hawaii of the year. Exported 15KW, joys of not being home“Don't raise your voice, improve your argument." - Desmond Tutu
System 1 - 14 x 250W SunModule SW + Enphase ME215 microinverters (July 2015)
System 2 - 9.2 KWp + Enphase IQ7+ and IQ8AC (Feb 22 & Sep 24) + Givenergy AC Coupled inverter + 2 * 8.2KWh Battery (May 2022) + Mitsubishi 7.1 KW and 2* Daikin 2.5 KW A2A Heat Pump4 -
4.5 O's. Great morning, mixed afternoon.
6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.3 -
3.375 O's here on the E coast today16 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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Not quite the best day of the year, but close.12.84kWh, 4.71 O's - not quite a Hawai'i but closePS generation meter just passed 26MWh, too!N. 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!7
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