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Octopus Agile
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With a full days sunshine I reckon 4-5kwh in the batteries for that nasty peak period and the micro inverter pumping in to keep the cost to zero.
It's times like this where a grid-tied battery really pays.
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2.72kWp PV facing SSW installed Jan 2012. 11 x 247w panels, 3.6kw inverter. 37 MWh generated, long-term average 2.6 Os.0 -
I've no idea but it wouldn't explain this evening being so expensive as well.
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Does it? average price for the month has been 19.4p, 17p if only including off peak, and 22h negative pricing.
Cant really imagine using more than 2kWh in the evening, 2*50p = £1. So 50p more than anyone else on SVR during those hours, much less over the past month than anyone on SVR. Battery costs £xxxx, so is it worth it to save 50p? :)
Ocotpus will probably do a saving session, so there's even a chance to make money :)
Its the weather, the heatwave is coming so very likely drop in wind and aircons kick in etc.
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So why is the pricing so high despite the mother of all heatwaves for the next 3 days??
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Low wind, a couple of nukes offline for refuelling/maintenance and higher cooling load.
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And the fact that solar doesn't produce as well when it is as hot a forecast than when it is sunny but cooler, IIRC?
Anyway, we prepped anything for tonight's food that requires cooking last night, and we'll be throwing together a couscous salad.
Had a nasty moment yesterday when I thought our comms hub had gone down, fortunately it turned out when I got home and was able to check things to just be the mini needing a reboot. Must have gone down around midnight so I'm missing a day's detailed info but that isn't a major issue.
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Prices tomorrow will be higher than today. Thursday prices will return to 'normal' levels.
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Overall average for the month is less than10p kWh. Not going to worry too much and it's definitely a cold dinner tonight and for the rest of the week.
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Twice as high tomorrow, 80-90p at 7pm.
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Where are you getting this information from, please? AgilePredict is saying c46.59p at 7pm tomorrow … and 54p at 6.30pm
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