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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • Grandad2b
    Grandad2b Posts: 352 Forumite
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    7.4kWh and just 1.67 O's. Day never really got going - a little bit of brightness after 2 but nothing consistent unless you count cloudy and dull all morning.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 4,976 Forumite
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    Almost dark here at 16.00 today with 0.9 O’s.
    Sun came out at 18.00 and finished on 1.525 O’s.👏
    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.
  • Alnat1
    Alnat1 Posts: 3,846 Forumite
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    Only sun today was 4.30-5.00pm 1.49 O's
    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 
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,250 Forumite
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    Another dull day with drizzle most of the day. Sun turned up around 4pm just as the shadow from next door starts crossing the roof!

    1.76 O's

    Passed 350 kWh for the month which is around 85% of PVGIS for the month.

    3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds

  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 816 Forumite
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    not great! 1.3 & 0.912 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.
  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,374 Forumite
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    Gen so far projects 100% for end of month, but the weather forecast for the week ahead strongly disagrees.  :(
    Mart. Cardiff. 8.72 kWp PV systems (2.12 SSW 4.6 ESE & 2.0 WNW). 20kWh 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.
  • JKenH
    JKenH Posts: 5,117 Forumite
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    Is it just me or has anyone else notice very high levels of PV today - not total kWh but kW? I thought it might be cloud edge effect but whenever I look at the smart meter the export seems really high compared to usual when the sun is actually shining. It is 9C and intermittent sunshine so perhaps the panels are staying cool. I don’t think it’s just my system playing up as when I put my 330w stand alone panel out at 9.30 am it was generating 322watts. Normally it would be about 280/290.
    Northern Lincolnshire. 7.8 kWp system, (4.2 kw west facing panels , 3.6 kw east facing), Solis inverters, Solar IBoost water heater, Mitsubishi SRK35ZS-S and SRK20ZS-S Wall Mounted Inverter Heat Pumps, ex Nissan Leaf owner)
  • Grandad2b
    Grandad2b Posts: 352 Forumite
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    Martyn1981 said:
    Gen so far projects 100% for end of month, but the weather forecast for the week ahead strongly disagrees.  :(
    The predicted cloud cover here means I'll be lucky to reach 100% by Friday evening....
    But MetOffice shows total cloud right now and I'm in full sun so taking all that with a large pinch of salt.

    JKenH said:
    Is it just me or has anyone else notice very high levels of PV today - not total kWh but kW? I thought it might be cloud edge effect but whenever I look at the smart meter the export seems really high compared to usual when the sun is actually shining. It is 9C and intermittent sunshine so perhaps the panels are staying cool. I don’t think it’s just my system playing up as when I put my 330w stand alone panel out at 9.30 am it was generating 322watts. Normally it would be about 280/290.
    My system doesn't need direct sunlight to get reasonable output (fortunately). As long as it's bright I often see 1.5-2kW.
  • ggmf
    ggmf Posts: 816 Forumite
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    4.5 & 2.977 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.
  • Alnat1
    Alnat1 Posts: 3,846 Forumite
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    2.23 O's which isn't great but was better than I was expecting from the forecast.
    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 
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