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Green Energy is not what it seems...
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Anyone who pays over the going rate for, supposed "green energy" needs their heads examining
Since - unless you somehow have a feed, direct from your chosen suppliers power source - you are getting an identical supply as the rest of us - a mixture firom the national grid
I am fed up with all the adverts on TV implying that somehow - you are getting "100% green energy"
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Well, yes and no. This article explains it better than I can.
N. Hampshire, he/him. Octopus Intelligent Go elec & Tracker gas / Vodafone BB / iD mobile. Kirk Hill Co-op member.Ofgem cap table, Ofgem cap explainer. Economy 7 cap explainer. Gas vs E7 vs peak elec heating costs, Best kettle!
2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 35 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.0 -
I have some sympathy for what the OP is saying. Individual suppliers do not supply energy to their customers’ homes. All the energy comes from a Grid which, at the moment, is c.40% gas powered generated electricity. What suppliers are doing is replacing the energy used from green; REGO or other sources.
However, greenwashing apart, it is difficult to see how the Grid would ever become fully renewable powered if consumers didn’t opt for green power sourcing/tariffs. I think what is needed here is a bit more honesty from suppliers.1
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