Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?
Re: Part ownership of a Wind Turbine, fancy it?
I am a HUGE fan of Vanguard S&P500ETF. Sorry to move it away a touch from green. My last set of investment into them has grown 5.9% in just over two months. Overall I am about 115% up on this particular investment over a few years. In saying that i'm in the pan on RDS B so defo fallible. Just throwing out the S&P500 for thought.
18.2kW PV SE, VI, HM, EN & DW
Ripple 7kW WT & Gen to date 15MWh
42kWh LFPO4 storage
95kWh Heater storage
12kWh 210ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
Zoned GCH & Hive 2
WBSx2
Low energy bulbs
Veg patches & fruit trees
Ripple 7kW WT & Gen to date 15MWh
42kWh LFPO4 storage
95kWh Heater storage
12kWh 210ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
Zoned GCH & Hive 2
WBSx2
Low energy bulbs
Veg patches & fruit trees
Re: Part ownership of a Wind Turbine, fancy it?
Windfarm now 99% full !nowty wrote: ↑Fri Jul 23, 2021 5:56 pm I mentioned it to my climate change sceptic father, who keeps on quoting "they said back in 1950 that Southport would be under water by 1970 and it still isn't".![]()
Then he asked, "how much is the return ?", "Eh, about 6.5% I replied."
He said, "I'm in, maybe I should be a bit more greener."![]()
Your 91 years old dad, its a long term payback !![]()
But its 6.5%, how much can I buy ?![]()
So I signed him up for just over 1kW.![]()
And after my usual Sunday afternoon call to my father, he wants to buy more. I didn't even mention it to him, apart from telling him I am going to print off the paperwork for him and post it because he likes something in his hand rather than an online thing.
So he now owns over 2.3kW after a touch of over exaggeration of his usage.
![Twisted Evil :twisted:](./images/smilies/icon_twisted.gif)
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
Now, if I can only convince him to get a second hand Sofar ME3000SP and 3 x Pylontechs, then I'll switch him to Octopus GO.
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
16.9kW PV > 106MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 22MWh generated
5 Other RE Coop's
105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
Rain water use > 510 m3
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 22MWh generated
5 Other RE Coop's
105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
Rain water use > 510 m3
Re: Part ownership of a Wind Turbine, fancy it?
You and Dad will get it to 100% between you!
18.2kW PV SE, VI, HM, EN & DW
Ripple 7kW WT & Gen to date 15MWh
42kWh LFPO4 storage
95kWh Heater storage
12kWh 210ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
Zoned GCH & Hive 2
WBSx2
Low energy bulbs
Veg patches & fruit trees
Ripple 7kW WT & Gen to date 15MWh
42kWh LFPO4 storage
95kWh Heater storage
12kWh 210ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
Zoned GCH & Hive 2
WBSx2
Low energy bulbs
Veg patches & fruit trees
Re: Part ownership of a Wind Turbine, fancy it?
I tried to entice my older brother too, but he's stuck in "receiving a paper bill and pay on receipt of bill" land and refuses to change to paperless or to a monthly direct debit.
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
But I managed to persuade a friend of SWMBO to switch to Octopus and join Ripple, well it wasn't as much persuade as she just wanted to to whatever she could to be green. I visited her house but her roof is a nightmare shape, surrounded by tall trees and only has a small garden so difficult for solar, so I suggested Ripple as a quick win. The bill was in her husbands name but I suggested they changed it into her name because of tax issues. They only managed to change their exiting supplier into her name a few days ago so they almost missed the boat. Anyway they still managed to change to Octopus Energy first, then join Ripple immediately afterwards.
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
I am now 6 referrals way from the final fourth "Ambassador" medal.
![Geek :geek:](./images/smilies/icon_e_geek.gif)
Last edited by nowty on Sun Jul 25, 2021 11:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.
16.9kW PV > 106MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 22MWh generated
5 Other RE Coop's
105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
Rain water use > 510 m3
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 22MWh generated
5 Other RE Coop's
105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
Rain water use > 510 m3
Re: Part ownership of a Wind Turbine, fancy it?
Just committed to a few watts of same.
3.87kWp PV
10.24kWp PV SolarEdge system
Tesla Powerwall 2
100 x 47mm Navitron tubes (still being installed!) Now likely to be removed for more PV.
MK2 PV router DHW diverter
Morso 5kW WBS
Vaillant AroTherm 10kW ASHP
Nissan Leaf
10.24kWp PV SolarEdge system
Tesla Powerwall 2
100 x 47mm Navitron tubes (still being installed!) Now likely to be removed for more PV.
MK2 PV router DHW diverter
Morso 5kW WBS
Vaillant AroTherm 10kW ASHP
Nissan Leaf
Re: Part ownership of a Wind Turbine, fancy it?
Good man! Got a team going now!
Nowty, I LOVE that you admit to chasing that final medal. True honesty.
![VeryHappy :)](./images/smilies/Extremely-Happy.gif)
18.2kW PV SE, VI, HM, EN & DW
Ripple 7kW WT & Gen to date 15MWh
42kWh LFPO4 storage
95kWh Heater storage
12kWh 210ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
Zoned GCH & Hive 2
WBSx2
Low energy bulbs
Veg patches & fruit trees
Ripple 7kW WT & Gen to date 15MWh
42kWh LFPO4 storage
95kWh Heater storage
12kWh 210ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
Zoned GCH & Hive 2
WBSx2
Low energy bulbs
Veg patches & fruit trees
Re: Part ownership of a Wind Turbine, fancy it?
Bought a touch more as my impulse control can be dodgy and the Gin was nice today as was sun.. It'll be 100% tomorrow, sold oot the door ![VeryHappy :)](./images/smilies/Extremely-Happy.gif)
Gonna have to really boot the EV into corners now!
Nowty, how many now in Camelot's Ripple WT No1 club?
![VeryHappy :)](./images/smilies/Extremely-Happy.gif)
Gonna have to really boot the EV into corners now!
Nowty, how many now in Camelot's Ripple WT No1 club?
Last edited by Joeboy on Mon Jul 26, 2021 9:43 am, edited 1 time in total.
18.2kW PV SE, VI, HM, EN & DW
Ripple 7kW WT & Gen to date 15MWh
42kWh LFPO4 storage
95kWh Heater storage
12kWh 210ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
Zoned GCH & Hive 2
WBSx2
Low energy bulbs
Veg patches & fruit trees
Ripple 7kW WT & Gen to date 15MWh
42kWh LFPO4 storage
95kWh Heater storage
12kWh 210ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
Zoned GCH & Hive 2
WBSx2
Low energy bulbs
Veg patches & fruit trees
Re: Part ownership of a Wind Turbine, fancy it?
I had a large proportion of my investments in this ETF for the last few years. Moved partially as a hedge against Brexit-related devaluation of Sterling and Sterling-denominated assets, but also because the US markets historically outperform British markets. And this has done me very well, weathered COVID better and bounced back stronger than UK markets.Joeboy wrote: ↑Sat Jul 24, 2021 7:07 pm I am a HUGE fan of Vanguard S&P500ETF. Sorry to move it away a touch from green. My last set of investment into them has grown 5.9% in just over two months. Overall I am about 115% up on this particular investment over a few years. In saying that i'm in the pan on RDS B so defo fallible. Just throwing out the S&P500 for thought.
However I’ve just reduced this position by half and move the money to a UK FTSE100 ETF because I believe the US markets and the USD are over-valued.
(NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE, YMMV)
12x 340W JA Solar panels (4.08kWp)
3x 380W JA Solar panels (1.14kWp)
5x 2.4kWh Pylontech batteries (12kWh)
LuxPower inverter/charger
(Artist formally known as ******, well it should be obvious enough to those for whom such things are important.)
3x 380W JA Solar panels (1.14kWp)
5x 2.4kWh Pylontech batteries (12kWh)
LuxPower inverter/charger
(Artist formally known as ******, well it should be obvious enough to those for whom such things are important.)
Re: Part ownership of a Wind Turbine, fancy it?
So on the old forum, my secret list had 7, including us two, the problem is I don't know who everyone is anymore so,
Out of 7 on the old forum, 5 are definitely here because the name is the same or I personally know the name change. The other 2 are either here under aliases or not here anymore or have not found us yet.
At least 2 more on here have joined so its a definite 7 or could be as many as 9. But as I said on the old forum, I guarantee there will be others !
If you are grid tied, have lots of solar and batteries it adds synergy. And if your already with Octopus and charging batteries with off peak cheap rate in the winter its even more of a perfect choice.
16.9kW PV > 106MWh generated
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 22MWh generated
5 Other RE Coop's
105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
Rain water use > 510 m3
Ripple 6.6kW Wind + 4.5kW PV > 22MWh generated
5 Other RE Coop's
105kWh EV storage
60kWh Home battery storage
40kWh Thermal storage
GSHP + A2A HP's
Rain water use > 510 m3
Re: Part ownership of a Wind Turbine, fancy it?
At least 9 is good to think of, excellent. Can't pass a WT site now without thinking about 'our's'. ![VeryHappy :)](./images/smilies/Extremely-Happy.gif)
I now have 2.609kWh owned with an anticipated 6,972kWh output to my account. I think I might be getting up there for carbon neutral. Epic if that is the case.
![VeryHappy :)](./images/smilies/Extremely-Happy.gif)
I now have 2.609kWh owned with an anticipated 6,972kWh output to my account. I think I might be getting up there for carbon neutral. Epic if that is the case.
18.2kW PV SE, VI, HM, EN & DW
Ripple 7kW WT & Gen to date 15MWh
42kWh LFPO4 storage
95kWh Heater storage
12kWh 210ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
Zoned GCH & Hive 2
WBSx2
Low energy bulbs
Veg patches & fruit trees
Ripple 7kW WT & Gen to date 15MWh
42kWh LFPO4 storage
95kWh Heater storage
12kWh 210ltr HWT.
73kWh HI5
Deep insulation, air leak ct'd home
Zoned GCH & Hive 2
WBSx2
Low energy bulbs
Veg patches & fruit trees