August is meant to be full of gloriously hot days. An endless parade of sunshine and drinks in the park. This year it seemed mostly grey, miserable, and prone to pissing it down at a moment's notice. We all know that solar panels' efficiency wilts in the heat, but do they get a tan work [...]

A blog post about my London-based solar panels and battery.

  • Daniel Quinn
    5·
    10 months ago

    “Our solar power feeds into our local grid for our neighbours to use. We sell the electricity at market rates - which change every 30 minutes. This made us £13.”

    Some more details on this would be interesting. We’re currently with Octopus and get just 15p/kWh when we sell back to the grid, but have to pay 25p/kWh when we buy from the grid.

    What kind of rates (average?) are you getting, and who’s your supplier?

    • the_third@feddit.de
      3·
      10 months ago

      German here, 0.07€ to the grid, 0.37€ to buy back from the grid. You better believe I’m maximizing self usage with a big battery, two electric cars and a heat pump that can use the concrete floors as a buffer.

      • Daniel Quinn
        1·
        10 months ago

        We signed into a fixed term contract just before the process exploded. That contract ends in October though, so we’ll be paying 30p/kWh soon enough.