Dunkelflaute?
Not seen a great deal of sun this year, plenty of named gales over the last winter and spring but now….Dunkelflaute!!! I’ve noticed that even using OE’s Agile tariff, I frequently have to pay more for grid power than I get for my export to grid. Now, this is not a situation with which I wish up to put with.!!!! Come on sun - how about sharing your lovely rays with the S.E. Of England please? Concerned Toodles.
Toodles, he heats his home with cold draughts and cooks his food with magnets.
Sounds like you need to move to sunny Wales @toodles – glorious blue skies for most of today.
And thank you for adding a new word to my vocabulary today. Now, if only we could find a way to brighten up this dunkelflaute of a situation.
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@editor Perhaps if we could run the windmills in reverse….😉
It just isn’t cricket when one has to pay as much per kWh when consuming as one receives when exporting! I don’t like to spend much time looking at the production figures and comparing them with last years, every month so far, they have been down 😒. Cool bright days from dawn to dusk is all I ask! (The rain can fall during the night thanks). Glad to have been of service with Dunkelflaute BTW.😊 Toodles.
Toodles, he heats his home with cold draughts and cooks his food with magnets.
The Met Office seem to be hopeful for our area tomorrow though😊
Toodles (now where did I put those sunglasses?
Toodles, he heats his home with cold draughts and cooks his food with magnets.
@editor As we all know, RHH always strive to educate, entertain and inform so… may I suggest browsing to: gridx.ai for some enlightenment? Regards, Toodles.
Toodles, he heats his home with cold draughts and cooks his food with magnets.
I fear to report that tomorrow is another one of those Dunkelflaute situations as I note that Octopus wish me to pay more than my export rate for even the cheapest of the 48 Agile half-hours - I mean 15.24 pence per kWh!!!? This really isn’t cricket - so it is a good job that the Powerwall battery is fully charged and that we may see a little sunshine if we are lucky! Harrumph of SE England.
Toodles, he heats his home with cold draughts and cooks his food with magnets.
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