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Free Electricity From Octopus

26/10/2025 by Steve Leave a Comment

Free Electricity From Octopus

Free Electricity From Octopus. One of the many reasons I love Octopus Energy is when you get emails such as the one below. Free electricity for one hour on the Thursday night and a whole three hours on the Saturday between 12 - 3pm. I have a number of solar panels and a Tesla Powerwall II home battery as well as two electric cars. Free electricity in the evenings is … [Read more...] about Free Electricity From Octopus

Can I have More Solar Panels

05/05/2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Can I have More Solar Panels? That was a question that was bugging me for several years now. In 2017 I had installed 20 295w panels on my rear south east facing roof and have been very pleased with the solar generation from them ( you can read about that installation here Are Solar Panels A Good Investment In The UK ). I have always been conscious however that in the late … [Read more...] about Can I have More Solar Panels

Solar Generation December 2023 End Of Year Summary

09/01/2024 by Steve Leave a Comment

Solar Generation December 2023 End Of Year Summary As can be seen from the chart below I generated 130.76 kWh of electricity in November 2023 from our solar panel array. My consumption for the month came to 548.96 kWh. Comparative Energy This months generation compares less favourably with previous years generation of 184.87 due to the cold wet weather we have … [Read more...] about Solar Generation December 2023 End Of Year Summary

Solar Generation November 2023

01/12/2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Solar Generation November 2023 As can be seen from the chart below I generated 233.04 kWh of electricity in November 2023 from our solar panel array. My consumption for the month came to 505.05 kWh. Comparative Energy … [Read more...] about Solar Generation November 2023

Solar Generation October 2023

05/11/2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Solar Generation October 2023  Following on from last months disaster we did not get any solar generation until the new Solaredge inverter was fitted on the 18th October 2023 thus nearly a whole month was lost due to this failure. … [Read more...] about Solar Generation October 2023

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Welcome to the Steve Freeman Blog. At the time of writing I am in my late 60's and not some computer wiz kid as you can see from my picture. I am a retired Police Officer after serving 30 years … Find out more here about Steve Freeman

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