Is it? I feel like a fairly regular person and am considering them. Only had the house a couple of years, already replaced the boiler with a heat pump.
Shame the roof isn't south facing but panels would still work. Also thinking of a battery.
Yeah that is the sort of price I was expecting. How much for solar alone out of curiosity? Not looked at that as much, and not sure how much load I could shift to daytime, suppose you could just set some things to daytime without even checking the solar output and on average the solar will cover a good chunk of their usage. It just goes against my instinct to minmax it.
I wonder how much power they make in winter, could set the heating (heat pump) higher during the day to benefit from generally having some of the power coming from solar
Quick edit: looks like you can get fairly good export rates, at least half the rate you pay for energy. So might be worth just exporting more with more panels instead of getting a battery.
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sudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 141d
You can't shout it from the rooftops, you'll block the panels.
yakko@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 140d
!c/youcantshouttheremate
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 140d
Shout it from the panels
SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 140d
Go Ed Milliband 💪
fox2263@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 140d
Yes but it’s still cost prohibitive for regular people
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 139d
Is it? I feel like a fairly regular person and am considering them. Only had the house a couple of years, already replaced the boiler with a heat pump.
Shame the roof isn't south facing but panels would still work. Also thinking of a battery.
fox2263@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 139d
Yeah like 10-15k. It’s the batteries that cost the most money. Panels are a lot cheaper.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 139d
Yeah that is the sort of price I was expecting. How much for solar alone out of curiosity? Not looked at that as much, and not sure how much load I could shift to daytime, suppose you could just set some things to daytime without even checking the solar output and on average the solar will cover a good chunk of their usage. It just goes against my instinct to minmax it.
I wonder how much power they make in winter, could set the heating (heat pump) higher during the day to benefit from generally having some of the power coming from solar
Quick edit: looks like you can get fairly good export rates, at least half the rate you pay for energy. So might be worth just exporting more with more panels instead of getting a battery.
RobotToaster@mander.xyz · -9 pts · 141d
Rooftops is where it belongs, not on farmland.
okwithmydecay@leminal.space · 16 pts · 140d
Farmers who graze sheep under solar panels say it improves productivity.
ursus262@piefed.social · 5 pts · 140d
Apparently so, and it also helps with growing crops.
Armand1@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 140d
We've got this near where I live. I think it's neat.
Nighed@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 140d
Much easier/cheaper to maintain on farmland. Just stop growing stuff for biofuel. (Or grow crops underneath!
Armand1@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 140d
Why not both?