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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Alnat1
    Alnat1 Posts: 3,872 Forumite
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    4.74 O's today, clouded up in the afternoon. Bring on the storms, panels need a wash and a cool down.
    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 
  • ed110220
    ed110220 Posts: 1,610 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Bit cloudy today but still very hot - 22.2 kWh, 4.63 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
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    Grotty day today with only (heat oriented) A/an 



    and a low 0.36 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: B)

    Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).
  • KevinG
    KevinG Posts: 2,088 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    My first non-Hawaii for 11 days, a mere 4.67 Os.
    2kWp Solar PV - 10*200W Kioto, SMA Sunny Boy 2000HF, SSE facing, some shading in winter, 37° pitch, installed Jun-2011, inverter replaced Sep-2017 AND Feb-2022.
  • EcoScruples
    EcoScruples Posts: 422 Forumite
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    Today is a shocker, will hardly make 2 O's. 
    4.3kwp JA panels, Huawei 3.68kw Hybrid inverter, Huawei 10kw Lunar 2000 battery, Myenergi eddi, South facing array with a 15 degree roof pitch, winter shade.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,259 Forumite
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    We have had rain!

    Well around 235 spots I counted in 10 minutes. That was an hour ago and the ground is just about wet and its still spitting. 

    Poor cloudy morning. Sun arrived midday. Went back home about 15:30

    3.94 O's
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • EcoScruples
    EcoScruples Posts: 422 Forumite
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    1.83 O's with really thick overcast cloud, no rain, muggy hot air, only really bright enough to hit 1kwp at midday.
    Next few days will test my battery I feel.
    4.3kwp JA panels, Huawei 3.68kw Hybrid inverter, Huawei 10kw Lunar 2000 battery, Myenergi eddi, South facing array with a 15 degree roof pitch, winter shade.
  • Oscargrouch
    Oscargrouch Posts: 4,393 Forumite
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    Merlin139 said:
    We have had rain!

    Well around 235 spots I counted in 10 minutes. That was an hour ago and the ground is just about wet and its still spitting. 

    Poor cloudy morning. Sun arrived midday. Went back home about 15:30

    3.94 O's
    Lucky you  Climate change has ended, dump all your batteries and start it all off again.    Shocking day here with only 2.8 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: B)

    Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).
  • QrizB
    QrizB Posts: 18,410 Forumite
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    edited 15 August 2022 at 9:42PM
    Today was partly cloudy (and a very short rain shower) but I did OK all the same.
    9.09kWh, 3.34 O's :)
    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!
  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 817 Forumite
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    3.8 and 1.5 O's
    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.
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