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victor2

QrizB said:

Here's a video from a German guy (his English is much better than my German!):

https://youtu.be/SoMs5ssV-mM

Edit: he's Belgian, my mistake 😬 apologies!

Very interesting and well explained. Maybe the UK will officially approve such systems one day...

MattMattMattUK

For the German system the limit for the panel and inverter is 800w, but what would happen if one installed two or three of them?

debitcardmayhem

hmmm news today https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/press-release/ofgem-approves-initial-ps24-billion-operate-and-maintain-critical-gas-networks-and-upgrade-britains-electricity-supergrid

100+ to costs by 2030

victor2

debitcardmayhem said:

hmmm news today https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/press-release/ofgem-approves-initial-ps24-billion-operate-and-maintain-critical-gas-networks-and-upgrade-britains-electricity-supergrid

100+ to costs by 2030

And it will of course have been hopelessly underestimated, and the consumers will start paying for it long before any benefit is seen. A bit cynical perhaps? 

superkoopauk

More trouble for Tomato (and two others)

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/decision/ofgem-opens-compliance-engagement-ecotricity-so-energy-and-tomato-energy-relating-smart-meter-obligations

HillStreetBlues

superkoopauk said:

More trouble for Tomato (and two others)

https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/decision/ofgem-opens-compliance-engagement-ecotricity-so-energy-and-tomato-energy-relating-smart-meter-obligations

Not really surprised with TE, for domestic customers fitted in 2022 25, 2023 0, 2024 9  a whopping 34 fitted in 3 years.

Scot_39

debitcardmayhem said:

hmmm news today https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/press-release/ofgem-approves-initial-ps24-billion-operate-and-maintain-critical-gas-networks-and-upgrade-britains-electricity-supergrid

100+ to costs by 2030

And despite £52 of that on grid capacity ,  grid thermal is still growing towards NG ESO £3bn by 2030.

And note yet again the spin - on the £80 savings  - a less than doing nothing - not a less than now.

Just like so many of the illusory promises of reduced bills.

QrizB

MattMattMattUK said:

For the German system the limit for the panel and inverter is 800w, but what would happen if one installed two or three of them?

What would happen? Probably nothing.

If you connected several of them to the same ring main you'd be at greater risk of an electrical fire from a broken ring, than you would be with only one. If you got far too carried away and connected nine or ten to the same ring you'd potentially trip the 32A breaker in your CU if they all hit rated output.

You'd also presumably be in breach of the wiring regs, building regs and/or planning regs. It would only become a problem if someone alerted the relevant council department or if eg. your house burned down and an insurance investigator started poking around.

wrf12345

800W inverter output limit, may be able to have say 1200W feeding into it to max out the solar in sub optimal conditions? Even better would be an inverter that fed any excess of 800W into a battery (in DC without conversion back and forth).

QrizB

wrf12345 said:

...Even better would be an inverter that fed any excess of 800W into a battery (in DC without conversion back and forth).

These exist. See for example the EcoFlow Stream range:

https://uk.ecoflow.com/pages/stream-series-plug-in-solar-battery

It remains to be seen if these (or any of these plug-in solutions) will be authorised in the UK.

Edit to add: I keep mentioning EcoFlow as they're currently selling into the UK market. There are other suppliers selling to the EU, eg. Marstek:

https://marstek-power.eu/en/Marstek-Balcony-Energy-Storage-System

And apologies for abusing the "Energy News" thread like this!