

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...


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...


Winter's arrived in an energy efficient home, so what does this mean so far ?
Yes, it's December 2017 already and as reminded by the BBC weatherman, that's the beginning of 'meteorological winter' and it'll not be...


Energy Efficient Home: Gas Jan 2013-Sept 2017
A couple of days ago a BBC weatherman provided a reminder of the onset of the 'meteorological autumn' which sparked thoughts of juicy...


Energy Efficient Home: Electricity Jan 2011-Sept 2017
For the past week I've been thinking that the apples down the garden are looking pretty tasty and only yesterday I noticed the early...


Energy Efficiency: Power Puzzle or Perfect Sense ?
So, it's about time to get some of those decision making neurons firing with a seemingly impossible equation regarding energy efficiency...