Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power
by jonatron on Thursday January 12, 2023 @03:34PM
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I'm in London, electric prices last night: https://nitter.nl/pic/orig/media%2FFmNAukVXgAEF6Ar.jpg
Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power
by KaiserPro on Thursday January 12, 2023 @04:11PM
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which supplier are you with?
Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power
by jonatron on Thursday January 12, 2023 @04:17PM
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Octopus energy, on the agile octopus tariff: https://octopus.energy/agile/
Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power
by archydeb on Thursday January 12, 2023 @04:28PM
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For the brave!
But seriously (author of article here) I think that agile tariffs and more demand flexibility are probably a big part of the solution
Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power
by KaiserPro on Thursday January 12, 2023 @04:30PM
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I have the luxury of a 13khw battery, so it might make sense. But I suspect that when I need to use the grid will be uber peak £1.04 per kwhr.
Edit: for those who are curious, here is some data on prices over the last month: https://agileprices.co.uk/
Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power
by midasuni on Thursday January 12, 2023 @05:58PM
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I guess you can’t have two suppliers, one on a traditional fixed contract and one on the octopus stuff, and choose the best one
*also where you are would be interesting. There's a big difference say between Scotland and Croatia.