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April 2024 - just pipped 2023's stats

11kWp Office Array.

Total generation - 1.101MWh (1.077MWh last year)
Self-consumption - 0.79MWh (72%)
Export - 0.31MWh (28%)

Overall electricity consumption 3.09MWh
Imported 2.29MWh (74%)

https://www.current-news.co.uk/octopus- ... -supplier/

Octopus now has 22% of the electricity market, surpassing British Gas (20.3%), E.ON (16.8%), OVO (13%) and EDF (10.9%).

Thought this might amuse. Yesterday - last day of April, properly sunny for pretty much the first time this year. Office solar agreed. But also a very busy day in the studio - full day of filming, and we had 2x EVs on charge during working hours, and looks like we had a public EV charge session star...

I think that the English Govt has shelved plans for H2 gas blend, but the Scottish Govt still intends to push ahead with a trial. https://kintorehydrogen.co.uk/ Thanks Joe, that was an interesting one until I read it was "providing the UK gas network with a large supply of green hydrogen",...

Sizewell C "heavily de-risked" to attract pension funds...

https://realassets.ipe.com/analysis/jul ... 23.article

This is alongside their plans to build a bigger reservoir, replacing the 40 year old turbines/generators to give it a power upgrade

https://www.businessgreen.com/news/4202 ... er-station

This sounds interesting/clever Is it basically that the DNOs are permitting them to connect to their distribution networks with some reinforcement of those first, whilst waiting for the transmission grid to be upgraded later? https://renews.biz/92858/uk-accelerates-connections-for-8gw-clean-energy-c...

Crikey yes I remember being given that as a kid when I had dodgy stomach once - goodness me - over the counter liquid morphine given to children - madness!

Oh that makes sense then. This system is being installed in, guess what, a kaolin clay mine.

Mercury's a bit toxic though isn't it when it leaks! Water is a nasty thing though - it'll work its way through any seal, it'll damage any bearing, wear out any pipe, turbine blade and impellor given enough time. Making it more dense with some dissolved chemical must surely just make all those probl...