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

  • Daniel Quinn@lemmy.ca
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    1 year 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?

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      1 year 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@lemmy.ca
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        1 year 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.