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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Laycity
    Laycity Posts: 1,893 Forumite
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    A below average 3.97 O’s here 
    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 rate 

  • Alnat1
    Alnat1 Posts: 3,874 Forumite
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    2.82 O's Not a bad morning, then all downhill. Was on battery power by 6.30pm
    Barnsley, South Yorkshire
    Solar PV 5.25kWp SW facing (14 x 375) Lux 3.6kw hybrid inverter installed Mar 22 and 9.6kw Pylontech battery 
    Daikin 8kW ASHP installed Jan 25
    Octopus Cosy/Fixed Outgoing 
  • 70sbudgie
    70sbudgie Posts: 842 Forumite
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    3.94 O's for me. It was overcast all morning (I personally enjoyed not being baked in my own house), but then it brightened up around midday. The lower temperature definitely made a difference as gen peaked at 3.49kW as opposed to around 2.7kW - 2.8kW the last couple of days.
    4.3kW PV, 3.6kW inverter. Octopus Agile import, gas Tracker. Zoe. Ripple x 3. Cheshire
  • QrizB
    QrizB Posts: 18,442 Forumite
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    A dull but pleasantly cooler day.
    8.21kWh, 3.02 O's - below the average for July but I can handle the occasional day like this!.
    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!
  • ed110220
    ed110220 Posts: 1,611 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Worst day since I started keeping track and the first where we've only generated about as much as we normally use in a day. 9.5 kWh, 1.98 O's.
    Solar install June 2022, Bath
    4.8 kW array, Growatt SPH5000 inverter, 1x Seplos Mason 280L V3 battery 15.2 kWh.
    SSW roof. ~22° pitch, BISF house. 12 x 400W Hyundai panels
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,259 Forumite
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    edited 21 July 2022 at 7:29AM
    A day of 2 halves. Sunny, hot and muggy till midday! Cooler, cloudy and dull till around 4pm when the Sun came back out!

    4.23 O's

    Up to 81% of July estimate.

    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Magnitio
    Magnitio Posts: 1,213 Forumite
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    Yesterday was about half the average daily generation for the last week and the lowest since 23rd June - 3.05 O's
    6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.
  • Spies
    Spies Posts: 2,267 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    Another garbage day, 1.4
    4.29kWp Solar system, 45/55 South/West split in cloudy rainy Cumbria. 
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