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Solar quote does this sound reasonable?
I’ve found so many spam sites and rubbish when looking at Solar so I’m finding it hard to know if these quotes are reasonable. The 2nd quote offers larger batteries and 2 more panels for the same money but I’m not as sold with them as a company. 1. local company with good reviews, via solar together scheme. Get good vibe…
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Is it worth getting 2 extra solar panels?
Currently we have 16 solar panels and a 5kwh battery. We are on Octopus Agile. We have space for two additional panels. We recommended the installer to friends in village and they are going ahead. I contacted the installer as he is in the village on Monday and he quoted £1000 for supply and install. We have been very…
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Solar ... In the news
Hi All Thought it was about time we had a thread specifically to discuss relevant press articles relating to solar pv & thermal ..... so here goes ... Z
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Octopus launches V2G tariff for EVs
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/octopus-energy-launches-uks-first-vehicle-to-grid-tariff-evs-2024-02-15/ https://octopus.energy/power-pack/ If Octopus was public company, I'd buy stock. This is exactly what the EV market needs (Hopefully more EVs will be approved soon)!
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Shell migration delay
Is anyone else trying to migrate from Shell Energy to Octopus Energy? I just sent this complaint to them as the takeover was in November and it's now February and I still haven't been migrated across! I understand that Shell Energy is now owned by Octopus Energy from November 2023. I am one of the many customers that is…
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Any Solar only & EV users out there? Octopus questions
Anyone have solar only (no battery) and an EV? Best plan on octopus? my thoughts are: - Agile & agile outgoing over winter (Sept to April) - Flux over summer its pretty close TBH over the summer- but less stormy so less super low/negative, and hardly use any import over the summer (70kw + 100kw EV avg), so import rate…
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Ditching gas, going electric immersion only, a wee project
I think this fits within the green and ethical section of MSE. This is an ongoing project to replace my gas combi boiler with water tanks heated by immersion. (Hopefully finished In next couple of weeks) A common question would be why not use a heat pump, and there are two reasons for this. 1. It would have to run all day,…
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One benefit of High Inflation?
Seeing the BoE inflation forecasts yesterday made me think about the impact on the FIT rates paid which are based on December RPI. Last year was around 7% increase but from the forecasts it would seem that we're likely to be looking at 15% or more for RPI by December so next year could be quite a massive jump in the rates…
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Solar - what do I need to know?
** edit - the house described here is not the one we are now living in, so please bear in mind the description here regarding orientation is out of date!* We are hoping to be moving into a house later this year, and will be looking to get solar panels installed, so I’m starting to try to get my head around it. If we get…
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Sunsynk hybrid inverters
I'm considering a Sunsynk inverter to go with my solar/battery installation, as they have islanding capability. Has anyone got any experience of them? How easily do they interact with other makes of battery and with Octopus TOU tariffs? They don't appear to be on the Octopus approved list, yet.
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Octopus Solar offer? Any negatives?
Hi - just been offered solar from Ocopus with no obvious charge as far as I can see. What would be the 'catch' or failing that , what would be the downside/negatives on accepting it? Does anyone here have with experience of this? How did you find it and how are you getting on? Thanks
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Batteries
Can those who have batteries installed provide some information about * Capacity * Expandability * Product support Please, no GivEnergy, I'm thinking of getting rid of the useless system.
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Eon offering £100 goodwill for mis selling battery capacity, fair?
I purchased 12 panels and a 5.2 kwh Givenergy battery from Eon, at the time of the quote I was told that the battery had a usable capacity of 5.2kwh. I have recently had a email from Eon advising that they made a mistake and the battery only actually has 80% of it usable capacity, which they now quote as 4.2kwh They are…
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EV charging map - filter by price
Does anyone know of an EV charging map website that allows you to filter by price? Thanks
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Project Solar dilemma
Hi - I got offered home solar set up for free including installation via Octopus Warm Homes grant. (see thread I started the other day if interested ,as I know nothing on domestic solar power) Now, despite it being free, I have alarm bells going off because although it is via the reliable Octopus Energy , the company to…
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Solar panels + battery
I’ve recently had solar panels fitted, I would like to know if it is working as it should, can anyone give me an idea of what I should expect. I have 6 panels facing south and five facing east with a 5.2kwh battery.
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Panels vs Inverter - how much oversizing makes sense?
Hi, I'm trying to get an idea on sizing, if we give up on anything more sophisticated and just stick to G98 limits. Suggestions from installers range from 4.2kW to 6.8kW, all using a 3.6kW inverter. Are there any tools or rules of thumb to estimate how many hours per year, or what percentage of the time, a given…
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AEG launches panels with 23% efficiency and a 40 year warranty
https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/01/26/aeg-launches-23-3-efficient-abc-solar-panel-with-40-year-warranty/ Blimey! Now that's a panel!
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Can a G99 agreement be taken on by a different installer
Hi, Scenario is that one installer started the process with SSEN (our DNO) and reached the stage where our proposed project was approved. Subsequently the deal with that installervis virtually dead due to series of delays caused by their design errors. If I end up ditching them and turning to an alternative installer, does…
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Uhome LFP 2400 Voltage Falling Under No Load Conditions
Hi Folks, In June 2022 I’ve had a Lux ACS 3600 and 4 x Uhome LFP 2400
batteries installed at my property (supplied and install by competent person) to
store the surplus solar energy from an already installed roof top solar array.
The system I thought had been working fine and was configured for 90% depth of
discharge (DoD)…