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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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Almost a perfect curve, shape-wise, but barely touching 2kW at the peak (26% down on nominal) due, I think, to a combination of heat and dust, and altitude of the sun (my panels point lower that the midday sun, at this time of year).14.6kWh, 5.37 OsN. 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!5 -
Funny old day. Steady production from early on, but a veil of high cloud kept the irradiance below 750W/m2 (and UV index at 7). Then late afternoon the inverter tripped, presumably from a power surge, which also took out my voltage monitor. Rebooted the inverter, then got a power cut notification, although the power hadn't gone off, at that point. A while later there was a brief interruption, presumably when they reconnected the the places that were off supply. Then it clouded over. I lost the generation figures.in the reboot, but it was at 16kWh when I looked after lunch.
I shall declare a Hawaii, under the Duckworth Lewis method.6 -
7.063 O’s - don’t think I’ve been in heaven two days in a row beforeLancashire
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.7 -
25.6 kWh or 6.4 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.6
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5.65 Os here.PPI success. Banding success. Double Dip PCN cancelled! South facing solar (Midlands) and battery. Savings Session supporter (is it worth it now!?)6
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30.5 kWh here, 6.35 OsSolar 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 panels6 -
6.4 O's a perfect curve but heat and possibly dust kept total production down. Still pretty good tough.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 Outgoing6 -
1st perfect curve this year and it's mid June! 6.6 & 1.38 from the 2 arrays, the heat killed production2 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.6
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A near perfect curve with one small blip in the afternoon giving me 6.69 O's. I am assuming the heat kept production down, as it is around half a O below my best day in May. With the slightly longer day I was hoping to match that5.5kWp Solar PV System. South herts, SE facing 12 panels. 6kw inverter, 5 kwh Battery. Apr 2025 install6
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Netexporter said:Funny old day. Steady production from early on, but a veil of high cloud kept the irradiance below 750W/m2 (and UV index at 7). Then late afternoon the inverter tripped, presumably from a power surge, which also took out my voltage monitor. Rebooted the inverter, then got a power cut notification, although the power hadn't gone off, at that point. A while later there was a brief interruption, presumably when they reconnected the the places that were off supply. Then it clouded over. I lost the generation figures.in the reboot, but it was at 16kWh when I looked after lunch.
I shall declare a Hawaii, under the Duckworth Lewis method.
Been good here, as others have said, high temps are limiting the total, so 'only' 5.6 O's. TBF most years I don't get a single Maiden, as cold winds are typically needed, so doing great. Month end projection at 102%.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.5
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