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Renewables: "talking 'bout my generation"
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After a brilliant September so far it all fell apart yesterday with 0.53 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-2022.8 -
Only 0.64 Os today. Doesn't look much better for tomorrow.8
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Better than yesterday 1.79 O’s , looking better fr tomorrow I hope4.8kWp 12x400W Longhi 9.6 kWh battery Giv-hy 5.0 Inverter, WSW facing Essex . Aint no sunshine ☀️ Octopus gas fixed dec 24 @ 5.74 tracker again+ Octopus Intelligent Flux leccy6
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2.79 O’s today - boiling out but windy again with intermittent intense sun / clouds.Only projecting 91% PVGIS for SeptemberLancashire
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 -
All the ones today, 1.11 Os.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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0.69 O's today. About the only positive I can find is that we have at least generated enough to cover our hot water and heating. Next week looks more promising.Our green credentials: 12kW Samsung ASHP for heating, 7.2kWp Solar (South facing), Tesla Powerwall 3 (13.5kWh), Net exporter8
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2.25 O’s here. One free hour of electricity curtesy of Octopus.Used about 10p due to Sun out most of the hour.🥱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.9
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Dull day with burst of Sun and spells of rain.
2.22 O's3.795 kWp Solar PV System. Capital of the Wolds8 -
I was looking at the stats on my inverter app when I saw something that surprised me.Apparently my rooftop PV array has generated more electricity so far this year than it did in the whole of 2024. That's despite it only being mid-September, with an entire quarter of the year to go.I know 2024 was a terrible year for PV, and 2025 has been above-average, but I hadn't realised that the difference was *that* big.N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Ripple Kirk Hill Coop member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 34 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.9 -
Wed : 0.69 O's. Lowest generation day since install earlier this year.Yesterday : 1.16 O's not much better5.5kWp Solar PV System. South herts, SE facing 12 panels. 6kw inverter, 5 kwh Battery. Apr 2025 install9
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