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Reduced cost (as opposed to profit) is equally a motivation. However you are right about batteries; I simply cant get the business case to work with ...
I wondered about that! Thats a bit naughty. I get that. Summer my net import is essentially zero, but that is made up of 2.5MWh import...
Being pedantic I think it should probably read should read: Max charge/discharge rate is 2.6kW
Why do you say that, surely it depends on how much you use for the EV relative to other uses, or is there something more than that?
I would say you most likely do need 10kW. My gas consumption with the house warm was 18-20MWh/annum and 7kW is pretty much spot on. If yours was ~23...
Thanks for that, yes I can see that with Import price = export price it can be a good deal in Summer, too good to be sustainable surely. However lik...
Interesting you do a mid year switch. Van I ask between which tarrifs/providers. Do you switch back in March/April?
Watch EON. I am currently with them but the renewal terms for my import and export tariffs, if I were to accept them, would result in a net cost incr...
The curve really depends on the emitters in relation to the loss not the heat pump capacity in relation to the loss. But its certainly not silly thin...
Sadly that is true. There are various reasons of course amongst which I would include: We, the public, don't really respect manual work of any ki...
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