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One month with a solar battery - real statistics (shkspr.mobi)

submitted 1 year ago by edent@lemmy.one to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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

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[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"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?

[–] lewis6991@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Dam, we're with octopus and we pay 30p/kWh for import.

[–] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

We signed into a fixed term contract just before the process exploded. That contract ends in October though, so we'll be paying 30p/kWh soon enough.

[–] the_third@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

German here, 0.07€ to the grid, 0.37€ to buy back from the grid. You better believe I'm maximizing self usage with a big battery, two electric cars and a heat pump that can use the concrete floors as a buffer.

[–] 0421008445828ceb46f496700a5fa6@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

SDGE charges $0.50/kWh and gives you $0.05/kWh in return