A blog post about my London-based solar panels and battery.

  • poVoq@slrpnk.netM
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    1 year ago

    Some interesting data, although given the high initial cost of installation I feel those “we paid only 1£” are a bit misplaced.

    Anyways, I finally scraped together some money and also got a 5kw LiFePO4 battery system yesterday. Still need to install everything DIY, but I will probably hook up some statistics monitoring system as well as the new hybrid inverter has a cool integration with the Home Assistant software.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve been thinking of getting a hybrid inverter (rather than manually moving loads between grid power and inverter/solar power). How much did it set you back?

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        Slightly above 1000€ 😖 (made by FoxESS like the battery system)

        Don’t take it as a general recommendation as I have yet to test it, but spec wise it seems to be a relatively good value for money.

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      I’m curious what type of Statistics monitoring system you aiming for @poVoq. I have ordered a 3.7kw panels + special type inverter for direct heating of a boiler and a secondary boiler/other item. And i am intrigued what the monthly differences are in kWh generation and would like to track those. Only I have no idea what I can hook up between the panels and inverter to log.

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      1 year ago

      I doubt it’s the cost of electricity itself, but rather that the average European uses a lot less electricity (mainly due to more energy efficient appliances and no AC use).

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        1 year ago

        The appliances are basically the same–no, American appliances don’t generally run on 120v–but I’ll bet average house size is the biggest thing.

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      1 year ago

      Atm it’s about roughly 35-40 cents per kWh. That’s much higher than most places in the US which Google is telling me is 16 cents per kWh.

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    1 year ago

    “Our solar power feeds into our local grid for our neighbours to use. We sell the electricity at market rates - which change every 30 minutes. This made us £13.”

    Some more details on this would be interesting. We’re currently with Octopus and get just 15p/kWh when we sell back to the grid, but have to pay 25p/kWh when we buy from the grid.

    What kind of rates (average?) are you getting, and who’s your supplier?

  • CptOblivius@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’ve been looking to get solar installed. Unfortunately not much for options around me. Prices are not viable.