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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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We keep having better weather than the Met Office forecast, which isn't doing my balance between overnight Go and solar PV any good!Today for example was forecast to be dull so I did laundry overnight. In the event it turned out to be quite a reasonable day and I could've run the wash during the daytime.10.75kWh, 3.95 O'sN. 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 -
4.475 O's here today...best day this month👏👏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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Same here: 4.85 O's. Hoping for more of the same over the next few days.
6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.3 -
At last some sun 🌞😀. A welcome 5.36 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 rate4 -
2.3 today, fair bit behind pvgis now.4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.3
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3.6 O's on a very pleasant summer like day topped off with a 0.34 O contribution from wind so totalling 38.4 kWh's.So far, today is even better and with Zappi, immersion, washing m/c, tumble dryer and storage batts all being served by pv, then I'm a happy chappy.Mind you, with May's output at only 70% of pvgis currently, it does rather owe us a bonus day or two!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
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First (and only just) 5-O for the month.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)2
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Poor day but still 2nd best day of the month.
3.42 O's3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds5 -
Just 1 single O today, low cloud and rain most of the day4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria.3
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Lovely day here - 5.83 O's.
6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.3
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