The Environment Thread :-)
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3 Jul
12:34am, 3 Jul 2025
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run free
Agree 3M. Love the idea of being able to tap into plant electricity to charge a device and so developing more forests to charge up a city. Wouldn't that be a win for the environment and a win for those who need energy JDA - I believe solar panels contain heavy metals that can leach out when the panels are corroding / somehow compromised. The construction and transportation of solar panels still have carbon costs. |
3 Jul
9:05am, 3 Jul 2025
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Chrisull
@HappyG(rrr) Export is all working - so making money, we're on the Intelligent Flux tariff, but at the moment it's just a generic "this is the cheap time - auto import if need be", "this is the expensive time auto export if need be". Apparently they can intelligently tailor it to your particular patterns/usage if you let them have control of the battery. That's the bit they can't do. Does that sound familiar?
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3 Jul
9:28am, 3 Jul 2025
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HappyG(rrr)
I went off the Agile tariff because they didn't have an automation that tracked it, or not one that I could work out. My neighbour has built his own (he's more techy than me!) - tracks the half hour tariff and then chooses whether to import to charge home battery, car battery, use for his electric heating or to export. So I am just on fixed cheap rate hours for car charging and battery charging at night, then I have to manually, every day, set to export for the peak daytime hours. I forget sometimes! That's a GivEnergy automation limitation though, rather than Octopus. So no, your situation is not something I have experienced, sorry I can't help. Thanks for explaining and good luck. ![]() |
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