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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"

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  • SuzeQStan
    SuzeQStan Posts: 1,854 Forumite
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    .75 O  - amazed we got that
    Lancashire
    PV 5.04kWp SW facing
    Solar Battery 6.5 kWh 
    🐙 Intelligent Go

    Mortgage freedom January 2024 - paid off 7 years early by making overpayments where we could.

  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,069 Forumite
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    Going down! 1.7 O’s 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.
  • Alnat1
    Alnat1 Posts: 3,958 Forumite
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    10.3kWh 1.97 O's. Exported 6.9kWh of that, as I'd filled battery up on "price plunge" slots overnight and it had topped back up on solar by 11am.
    Barnsley, South Yorkshire
    Solar PV 5.25kWp SW facing (14 x 375) installed Mar 22 
    Lux 3.6kw hybrid inverter and 9.6kw Pylontech batteries 
    Daikin 8kW ASHP installed Jan 25
    Octopus Cosy/Fixed Outgoing 
  • SuzeQStan
    SuzeQStan Posts: 1,854 Forumite
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    That sounds good Alnat1 - hoping to do something similar with 🐙Go once tariff begins on 1/10. 

    Lancashire
    PV 5.04kWp SW facing
    Solar Battery 6.5 kWh 
    🐙 Intelligent Go

    Mortgage freedom January 2024 - paid off 7 years early by making overpayments where we could.

  • Magnitio
    Magnitio Posts: 1,237 Forumite
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    Another poor day at 1.2 O's. Today looks like it will be even worse.
    6.4kWp (16 * 400Wp REC Alpha) facing ESE + 5kW Huawei inverter + 10kWh Huawei battery. Buckinghamshire.
  • Merlin139
    Merlin139 Posts: 7,320 Forumite
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    Wet and windy.

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

  • Martyn1981
    Martyn1981 Posts: 15,498 Forumite
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    What a messy 5 days, O's varied massively :- 2.60 / 0.54 / 0.36 / 2.51 / 0.90

    Month end projection slumped to 99%.
    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.
  • legoman62
    legoman62 Posts: 5,069 Forumite
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    Sunless here on the E coast 0.6 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.
  • SuzeQStan
    SuzeQStan Posts: 1,854 Forumite
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    SuzeQStan said:
    .75 O  - amazed we got that
    What a difference a day makes - 2.65 x Os - didn’t start generating till 1pm much at all was so rainy and gloomy. 
    Lancashire
    PV 5.04kWp SW facing
    Solar Battery 6.5 kWh 
    🐙 Intelligent Go

    Mortgage freedom January 2024 - paid off 7 years early by making overpayments where we could.

  • Alnat1
    Alnat1 Posts: 3,958 Forumite
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    Rained most of the day, sun finally came out at 6pm so we got 40 minutes of rapidly decreasing generation

    0.91 O's
    Barnsley, South Yorkshire
    Solar PV 5.25kWp SW facing (14 x 375) installed Mar 22 
    Lux 3.6kw hybrid inverter and 9.6kw Pylontech batteries 
    Daikin 8kW ASHP installed Jan 25
    Octopus Cosy/Fixed Outgoing 
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