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- Fri May 17, 2024 3:48 pm
- Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
- Topic: FiT deemed vs export …
- Replies: 8
- Views: 551
Re: FiT deemed vs export …
Finally, I got confirmation today that Octopus have now put me on their Outgoing Octopus tariff and I shall be earning 15p per kWh exported. Now to rejig my battery charging and discharging times to optimise things. What are the pros and cons of exporting at a high(ish) rate over a small period v a...
- Wed May 15, 2024 9:11 pm
- Forum: Photovoltaic
- Topic: Dealing with excess solar:
- Replies: 25
- Views: 676
Re: Dealing with excess solar:
I deal with excess solar by, 1) Home battery becomes near full and the DC coupled charge controllers will simply throttle off and shut down. 2) First 4kW excess gets exported, any more excess gets diverted to pump power into storage heaters and/or hot water tank. 3) If I’m out, any further excess ge...
- Wed May 15, 2024 8:26 pm
- Forum: Renovations
- Topic: Insulating Timber Garage
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2933
- Wed May 15, 2024 8:07 pm
- Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
- Topic: Nowty Towers Vs UK Grid Storage
- Replies: 583
- Views: 102904
- Wed May 15, 2024 7:26 pm
- Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
- Topic: Nowty Towers Vs UK Grid Storage
- Replies: 583
- Views: 102904
- Tue May 14, 2024 9:55 pm
- Forum: Wind Power
- Topic: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?
- Replies: 3619
- Views: 470295
Re: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?
- Tue May 14, 2024 6:43 pm
- Forum: Wind Power
- Topic: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?
- Replies: 3619
- Views: 470295
Re: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?
And for KH, I note latest news from Ripple,
Turbines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 now up and spinning
13/05/2024
We've had confirmation today from site that turbines 6 and 7 are now spinning. This means that just turbines 1 and 8 left to go.
Turbines 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 now up and spinning
13/05/2024
We've had confirmation today from site that turbines 6 and 7 are now spinning. This means that just turbines 1 and 8 left to go.
- Tue May 14, 2024 2:59 pm
- Forum: Wind Power
- Topic: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?
- Replies: 3619
- Views: 470295
Re: Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?
I’m ut’ north at my mum’s and helped her buy into the Whitelaw Brae wind project. :mrgreen: She’s a very low leccy user so she managed to buy about 5 times her usage and yet stay comfortably under the 7000 kWh no evidence limit. :whistle: So although I could not buy any personally, we have combinati...
- Mon May 13, 2024 5:36 pm
- Forum: Astronomy
- Topic: Northern Lights
- Replies: 12
- Views: 436
- Sat May 11, 2024 7:50 pm
- Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
- Topic: Nowty Towers Vs UK Grid Storage
- Replies: 583
- Views: 102904
Re: Nowty Towers Vs UK Grid Storage
Mostly sunny, warm but quite hazy here at Nowty Towers today. Looking likely to finish the day at 76kWh, only 2 kWh away from my all time PB. More importantly, PB's were achieved by mid afternoon on both SMA Sunny Boy No3 inverter and Victron No1 charge controller confirming my Solar panel upgrades ...