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♻️ Here are some Forum threads you might find useful: * Martin Lewis: Green MoneySaving Welcome & Introduction * So now I have a PV system, how do I make the most of it * Renewables: talking bout My Generation * On-grid domestic battery storage * Battery electric vehicle news thread * Green, ethical, energy issues in the…

Hi, had a solar quote we're thinking for going for, can i get a sanity check on it please? We use around 8500kwh per year - in all day - have recently bought an ev which we will be charging on a EV tariff and filling the batteries overnight on that tariff. We also have quite a bit of shading from large tree's 10 metres…

Please forgive the corny thread title inspired by The Who but this post on the bloated 'how do I make the most of it' thread prompted me to initiate a new one... Well, there was yet another misty and bleak start in North Notts today (Thursday), but my SSW 3.92 kWp system was generating around 3kW for just a few minutes…

Stuck on heating oil, no gas and want a simple option. I realize they may not be cheapest but least hassle hands off would be ideal. I just need to know if anyone used them and found them to be ok, stuck to their quote etc. we have not got any quote yet I have family in Scotland who gave up the 10k scheme there after…

We had a 4kw PV system installed in 2015 with associated FIT rates. Bought an EV last year and intsalled a hypervolt charger and converted to IOG tariff - current fixed rates of 32.69 peak and 7.62p off peak and 51.33p standing charge. Outgoing Octopus tariff for export currently @12p. Peak annual usage is currently around…

Has anyone looked at Ripple Energy? I'm thinking about it, but not too seriously. I don't have a lot of time to investigate it and if anyone else has taken a look I'd appreciate their thoughts before I take a more serious look.

I thought a more specific thread/title might be useful for posting news on BEV's (and EV's in general), given that we have threads to discuss the minutia about EV ownership, but perhaps a thread just for the news might be useful. Disclaimer from the start, BEV news can easily become Tesla heavy, so posts, especially mine,…

Hello, I recently moved to a new property and have been considering getting solar + battery installed before the 0% VAT rate expires. I've sought some quotes from national and local companies and right now I have a £12.7k quote for a 7.1kW system on 3 strings with a Tesla PW3, bird proofing, G99 etc. On the quote, they are…

Hoping someone might know something that can help me….. First off I have a rosemary bush that is sprawling across the drive. It's huge but laying down on the job and sets off the car's "warning you're going to hit something" sensors. It needs a severe haircut. And of course I know it can be used in cooking but I see no…

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We had a phone call last Friday from an unknown caller wanting to arrange to read our solar ev energy meter. He wanted to come on Monday but we told him that today was the first available date. I felt somewhat patronised by the tone of the call! He arrived at the arrange time this morning and just had a perfuctory glance…

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

Back in mid-March I ordered a "plugin" solar PV bundle from EcoFlow: EcoFlow Stream Ultra 1.92kWh battery with four MPPT inputs Four EcoFlow 450-watt solar panels This cost me just over £1100. I thought I'd share my experience here in case anyone else wants to do something similar. Edit 29/07/26 to add: a system like this,…

Hello! Right, as discussed elsewhere, battery storage for self generation (typically PV) is interesting (to some), and gathering momentum in the UK. So here's a thread to discuss it, and watch it develop. I've called it on-grid, as off-grid is so much more specialised. And domestic as commercial scale storage, or grid…

Greetings, The properties on our estate were built in the early 90's and so we (incorrectly) presumed that we have some sort of insulation within our 70+mm wall cavity. As the image below highlights, this is not the case. Our NE facing wall is, by far, the coldest - we can feel a draft coming through parts of the wall on…

I'm looking at a 9-panel / 4.2KWp system with/out about 11kwh of battery, in central Scotland. House is almost exactly South facing an clear of obstructions. The quote details reckons we can produce about 3500kwh/year and our consumption is about 4500kwh. Cost is about £6,250 for panels only, £10,000 with Fox11.5khw…

The email I've been waiting (dreading?) has now arrived from Octopus. My day time electricity rate is going up by over 20%. But they've offered a one year fix at the new rate for a year. It appears that predictions are that prices are going to continue to go up in the new year so it may be worth doing. Anyone got any…

My annual usage is 2200 kwh at just over 25.1p per kwh, the cost is £552.50 a year. Been quoted £7900. The quote indicates we can generate 4500kwh a year. As the quote is via my energy supplier I would sell back at 20p per kwh. In theory if that rate stayed the same it would take just under 8 years to pay back, ignoring…

Hi everyone, We've just published a new guide on Plug-in solar panels and we'd love to hear your feedback. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. Thanks for your help, MSE Andrew

Updated system size is 8.45kW at a total installed cost of £10.5K. Current ROI is forecast at 6.5 years. Hi there, I've recently been quoted for solar panels from 3 installers referred by Solarguide. My guidance to these companies was maximum solar power yield per panel for their proposals. Quote: The LG panels are dual…

Hi everyone We've just published a new guide on solar batteries and we'd love to hear your feedback. If you haven’t already, join the forum to reply. Thanks for your help, MSE Clare