Buy some candles, spark up the burner and put some socks on. If you can go a whole year with zero import I'd be delighted, but really can't see it happening in the UK

Hey @thesolarshed.bsky.social thanks for your help. So far, so good. Zero imports since Feb 15th!
But now comes the testing 4 darkest months, with highest consumption...

thanks

I've started looking at Heacham for a beach hut now the prices have stopped spiralling. Perfect bird watching at sunset territory

when you looks at the amount of One of those containers could hold 2-3mw of lithium. You'd need 3.5acres / MW of solar.

7 acres for one container......

I agree with you, but it would be tokenistic on the scale of what this battery site needs

SOLAR INCOMING @thesolarshed.bsky.social

the solar army grows by the day.

Good work

celebrating those who take up solar is not gloating over those who do not have it. We could have sent a message saying sorry to hear those without solar will pay more, but celebrate solar and it's owners here.

missed this one, been stuck in a loop on twitter..... really need tog et into this bluesky thing, so much calmer when scrolling

with four days on the trot, I'll surprised if you take anything from the grid

This early is awesome 👌

certainly focusses the mind. We're considering replacing our battery with a bigger inverter and more capacity. Maybe 32kWh, to get ready for electric heating. The 7 yr old battery I have in the house can go down to the workshop and help out there. There's small 2kw pv system on the workshop

originally predicted at 3%, now looks closer to 8 or 9% according to reports from energy companies