Pity that the only people who can afford cheaper energy are the people who could afford to pay full price for it. I’m not having a go at anyone on here I just feel sad for the millions of people who don’t have solar and storage systems as an option. Lot of wrong going on in the world.
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It has always been the case.
You can go back to when VAT was introduced on energy.
You were able to pay up front into an account and not pay the VAT for a few years.
But you had to be able to afford to do that in the first place.
Nowadays the only people who pay up front are the poorest who are on key meters, and in most cases are stuck on the price cap and can’t shop around for deals.
But the whole eco energy drive had to start somewhere and it is good that more and more people are getting panels etc.
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I have linked to a couple of schemes for social housing etc. upthread that aren’t aimed at the virtue signallers like us. That being said, as much as there now is a financial benefit¹ getting rich people to have less environmental impact is a good thing in itself.
¹ when we got the battery the financials didn’t actually make sense over a 10 year lifespan when the Octopus rates were 13p/5p for peak/off peak but we thought it was the right thing to do anyway.
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Just had an email from Octopus saying their 15p/kWh export rate is going down to 12p/kWh from March 1st 
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Yeah had that today. Bastards.
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Today is the first day of ‘26 where production has exceeded consumption. Hopefully the start of another sunny spring and summer! 
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This is really cool.
When I was waiting to see the cost I was expecting to see 100’s of millions but not £50 million. Unless I’m wrong that seems like good value for 10,000 houses 
hmmm shit logic but Hinkley Point C is £35 billion for 6 million homes so 10,000 would be £58 million.
You’d have hoped, (Hinkley Point C) with that much outlay, that the cost per 10000 homes would be a good deal lower. I wonder how offshore windfarms compare
Probably lower outlay initially, but by my reading this is both a reliable base load generator and has an income generating byproduct so ongoing net running costs are lower.
I think wind is the cheapest but we need the 24/7 supplies as well to balance it all out.
Ours was close, car started charging automatically due to the excess. Also had the air fryer on all afternoon slow cooking a ham and washer & dryer as it’s cleaning day 
Has 4x days of >20kWh production in Feb!
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That also looks an incredibly compact plant from the photo provided. Nice to have another base load producer.
Help Please - I have been quoted £5K for an easy 10KwH battery addition to my solar system at my new gaff
Then £2.9K for a second pack and £1.1K for an EV point - bits are Sigen
Does this sound about right? cheers
£1.1k for an EV point? Robbing bastards.
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Sounds spendy but Sigen is premium stuff isn’t it?
The bloke did say that - I will get other quotes cheers
Mate has just bought a money pit in the New Forest and is looking at converting the heating from oil to electric rads. Suggested he get solar and batteries to help with the cost but he’s monumentally clueless when it comes to tech.
He has around £13k to play with and his Mrs has just got an electric car through work.
Can anyone recommend a good setup of panels and batteries (with an easy to use app) for a SE facing 3 bed house?
Any mains gas?