The UK is wasting a lot of wind power

Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by KaiserPro on Thursday January 12, 2023 @04:30PM (#34360508)

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/

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Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by midasuni on Thursday January 12, 2023 @05:58PM (#34361454)

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

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Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by pifm_guy on Friday January 13, 2023 @06:33AM (#34366442)

You can, but you need to own two neighbouring houses and be willing to install an (illegal) cable between them.

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Re:The UK is wasting a lot of wind power by aembleton on Friday January 13, 2023 @04:45AM (#34365745)

Octopus Agile cap the prices at £1/kwh.

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