

Home Solar Batteries: 2.1b Charging - Monthly PV Model
​​ Introduction This post specifically addresses the charging of domestic battery systems using solar PV and forms part of a series of...


Home Solar Batteries: 2.1a Charging - Annual PV Model
​​ Introduction This post specifically addresses the charging of domestic battery systems using solar PV and forms part of a series of...


Home Solar Batteries: 2.1 Modelling PV Charging
​​ Introduction This post specifically addresses the charging of domestic battery systems using solar PV and forms part of a series of...


Home Solar Batteries: 2. Modelling Performance
​​ Introduction This is the second in a series of entries looking to establish a reasonable view as to how the combination of solar PV...


Home Solar Batteries - Oversold Expectations? : Part 1- The Spark
Background If you're reading this you probably already share my interest in installing a home battery storage solution to reduce reliance...


UK Feed-in Tariff (FIT): Tariff Table 1 April 2019
Yesterday (1st February 2019) Ofgem published the updated Feed in Tariff scheme rates and associated deemed export rates which will both...


Solar PV - Is Project Sunroof a PVGIS Contender?
Watching the BBC news at some point yesterday was interesting as one of the items mentioned that Google have launched an on-line tool to...


Thinking Solar - Low Power Kettle
Okay, so a kettle is a kettle - you fill it with water, plug it in, switch it on, and a few minutes later it's boiled. Fine, for the...


Smart Metering: A Clever Green Solution rapidly becoming a White Elephant ?
It's now over a month into 2018 and with the UK parliament looking into both project progress against targets and further modification of...


Solar PV Generation Estimation: PVGIS-5 (Beta Release)
The PVGIS-5 Solar PV generation estimation tool release candidate is now available in Beta - A user's look at what's new and whether