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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 819 Forumite
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    Merlin139 said:
     if I moved my house 300 miles south to the coast on the same Longitude PVGIS for my system would be 750 kWh per year higher.

    Don't believe it, we often get sea fret that gets caught between the coast and the South Downs, go 5 miles inland and its often much better weather.
    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.
  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 819 Forumite
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    A better than expected day 3.6 & 2.476 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.
  • DN8
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    Alnat1 said:
    Decent morning, very wet afternoon 2.42 O's
    Quite different to DN8 

    4.34 O's
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,319 Forumite
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    edited 11 April 2023 at 7:17PM
    A good day until 14:15, Easily on for a Hawaii but then the thick cloud rolled in followed by the rain. It was still much better than the forecast predicted.

    18.93 kWh or  4.76 O's

    38.44% of Estimate reached which is 1.6% ahead.
    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • Coastalwatch
    Coastalwatch Posts: 3,661 Forumite
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    4.2 O's here with no import needed, making it three days in a row. Now wondering if we can make it through to autumn before imports of any magnitude feature again!
    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.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,068 Forumite
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    3 O’s here today🤷🏼‍♂️
    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.
  • 94JDH
    94JDH Posts: 149 Forumite
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    3.71 O's and 26.04kWh today
    PV total 19.8 kW system:
    23 x 420W East/West split over two flat roof areas at 10 degrees inclination.
    13 x 390W South spit over two flat roof areas at 5 to 20 degrees inclination.
    6 x 390W south wall mounted at 90 degrees inclination.
    7 x 390W West wall mounted at 90 degrees inclination.
    2 x 5 kW hybrid inverters
    4 x 9.5 kWh batteries (38 kWh total)
  • Magnitio
    Magnitio Posts: 1,236 Forumite
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    A surprisingly good 4.14 O's yesterday.
    6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.
  • Bill73
    Bill73 Posts: 10 Forumite
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    Merlin139 said:
    Bill73 said:
    Forgive my ignorance - I'm a wind man - but what is the definition of "O's" ?
    Definition of 'O's = kWh/kWp (kWh = your daily & accurate Generation figure) (kWp = the rated output of your PV Panels).
    So in 24 hours, yesterday Tuesday 11th April my "O" was 152/20 = 7.4. Today, which is a better wind day my "O" as of 09:00 is 143/20 = 7.15  and the wind is forecast to remain at circa 20 knots gusting to 35 knots for the remainder of the day so I am hoping for an final "O" of around 19. ...............The problem is getting OVO to recognise that wind generation is generally greater than solar and actually pay my FIT without responding with "The reading you're trying to submit is higher than we would expect"  :disappointed: I am currently awaiting OVO payment of 2 quarters since being moved from SSE - but that is another story and maybe not for this thread. 
  • Martyn1981
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    Almost got a Hawaii a few days ago, but now the grey and rain has arrived. Lovely tomorrow, but then poor till Tuesday. Currently projecting 103% for April (but not by close of play today  :( )
    Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 28kWh battery storage. Two A2A units for cleaner heating. Two BEV's for cleaner driving.

    For general PV advice please see the PV FAQ thread on the Green & Ethical Board.
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