Post #3245610
2026-03-12 09:14 UTC
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@Anomnomnomaly@beige.party 2026-03-12 10:42
@solar_chase@mastodon.green @Nicovel0@mastodon.social Speaking as some one who has a 4kw solar array and 15kwh of battery storage... It managed to produce 80% of our electric last year and also earned us around £140 in payments from export. Even when you include the gas side of things, our entire bill for 2025, on a 4 bedroom detached house in North Wales... was £1200. Neighbours are paying double that. I paid around £12000 for the system just over 3yrs ago when prices were quite high during the cost of living crisis... If we'd moved here just 12-18 months earlier, I could have shaved around £2000-3000 of that... Based on what other neighbours paid for theirs. I've also upgraded a lot of the insulation, replaced draughty doors and replaced old knackered radiators with nice looking more efficient ones. We may get more energy from wind power than solar... But it absolutely has it's place, for consumer use... Not so sure about massive arrays taking up fields... I say put solar arrays over massive car parks instead. All factories and warehouses built should have a solar roof, all homes should be built with a minimum of a 4kw array and 10kwh of battery storage... and homes should be built so that the roof is orientated between South East and South West to maximise generation.
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@aj@home.ajacks.net 2026-03-12 10:45
@solar_chase@mastodon.green @Nicovel0@mastodon.social You know it's got cheap because my landlord texted me yesterday to say he's sending a surveyor to assess the house for a solar battery install off his own back.
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@Pionir@masto.bike 2026-03-12 22:31
@solar_chase@mastodon.green @Nicovel0@mastodon.social Much as I hate to credit Cameron with anything, this is true. Under his watch renewables saw major growth. Right now it's 60% although it is particularly windy and off peak