by Jaime | Mar 13, 2022 | Projects
Another south facing array with plenty of batteries, this customer went for 17.4kWh of storage to capture as much solar power as possible from their solar array, as well as a Solar iBoost to heat the hot water tank.
This was a fairly straightforward install with 14 panels giving a maximum output of 5.3kW of power, feeding into three 5.8kWh Solax batteries, which are already being filled up during March. Connecting three batteries also means you increase the maximum power output to well over 8kW, so they should easily power any appliances, or even a fast EV charger.
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Batteries and inverter
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Inverter powered up
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Happy battery 🙂
by Jaime | Feb 20, 2022 | Projects
“Who’s Eddi?” I hear you ask. Eddi is really smart and well connected little guy, and working together with his friend Zappi he’s an energy-saving genius.
We fitted the Myenergi Eddi hot water energy diverter along with an Zappi EV charger to make the most of the solar PV already installed at this customers’ home. The Eddi works in tandem with the Zappi car charger to take the excess power produced by any solar PV system and put it to work heating the water in your immersion tank, or charging your car via the the Zappi (or both) meaning you can potentially get free hot water and charge your EV for free!
Ask us about fitting an Eddi to your hot immersion tank today and get free hot water from your solar panels.
by Jaime | Jan 20, 2022 | Projects
This was an ideal site for solar panels, and with a directly south facing roof and no shading it was always going to be a PV powerhouse. In fact the 6kW of generation regularly makes between 10kWh and 20kWh a day, and more than 30kWh on sunny days, and that’s just in winter! We can’t wait to see what this system is capable of in summer, maybe 50kWh?
View from the air
The goal for this install was to generate their own energy and save money of course but, as we are too, they were also motivated by the environmental benefit of solar PV. Hoping to make a difference by minimising their impact on the planet they also chose to add 11.6kWh of battery storage, which will reduce their reliance on the grid to an absolute minimum, and make a real difference to the environment for years to come.
That’s why we do what we do!
by Jaime | Jan 10, 2022 | Projects
This customer was very keen to minimise their reliance on grid energy and wanted to install as much PV power as possible on their roof. Because of the limitations of connecting solar PV to certain parts of the grid we could only fit 5.5kW of generation at this stage, but going forward we should be able to add more generation using the Export Limitation Scheme.
In addition to the 14 solar panels we also added battery storage, a Zappi car charger and supplied a Solar iBoost to make the most of their power generation. We put more panels on the front aspect because it’s more south-facing and will collect slightly more power throughout the year, but having panels on both sides will give a more even power curve during the day.
Hopefully we’ll be able to return and add more generation and storage to make this property as self-reliant as possible and give the grid the heave-ho.
by Jaime | Dec 7, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, Transport
November increase is first in four months year on year but sales are still down on pre-Covid levels
The number of new cars sold in the UK rose in November for the first time in four months, fuelled by a doubling of sales of electric vehicles as consumers increasingly look to more environmentally friendly forms of transport.
Almost 22,000 pure electric vehicles were registered in November, more than double the 10,345 registered in the same month last year, as the share of total sales accounted for by battery-powered electric vehicles climbed to 19%.
The Tesla Model 3 was the third bestselling car, with 3,077 sold, and is the bestselling pure electric vehicle in the UK, according to the figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
The boom in electric car sales helped overall sales of new cars to reach 115,706 in November, a 1.7% rise on the same month last year. While the increase is a welcome boost for the car industry, sales are still close to a third down on pre-pandemic levels.
“After four miserable months that the motor industry would rather forget, the tide is finally turning for new car sales,” said James Fairclough, the chief executive of AA Cars. “But the patch supply of new vehicles continues to peg back the number of sales dealers can make. Stock levels of some vehicles are so low that some dealers are even struggling to offer test drives.”
The SMMT said the global shortage of semiconductors, the chips that are the “brain” in all electronic devices and new cars, continues to stymie production of new vehicles.
“What looks like a positive performance belies the underlying weakness of the market,” said Mike Hawes, the chief executive of the SMMT. “Demand is there, with a slew of new, increasingly electrified, models launched, but the global shortage of semiconductors continues to bedevil production and, therefore, new car registrations.” He expected disruption in the production chain to carry into 2022.
Sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles also rose 40% year on year, to 10,796, meaning in total 28% of cars sold in November were capable of zero-emission driving. Meanwhile, sales of diesel vehicles continued to plummet, down 63% compared with a year ago, while new petrol vehicle sales fell 10%.
Hawes said: “The continued acceleration of electrified vehicle registrations is good for the industry, the consumer and the environment. But with the pace of public charging infrastructure struggling to keep up, we need swift action and binding public charger targets so that everyone can be part of the electric vehicle revolution, irrespective of where they live.”
The SMMT said the ratio of electric vehicles to each public charger had reached 16 to one, and only one new charger was installed for every 52 plug-in cars registered so far this year.
Last month the competition watchdog secured a commitment from the charge-point operator Electric Highway to end exclusivity rights contracts with three of the UK’s largest motorway services from 2026 – Moto, Extra and Roadchef – which will give electric car drivers more choice.
So far this year, 1.53m new cars have been registered, a 2.7% rise on the same period last year, but 31% below the pre-pandemic five-year average. Sales to the public, as opposed to businesses or fleet purchases, grew 42% year on year to 62,600 in November.
Sue Robinson, chief executive of the National Franchised Dealers Association said: “The November new car market is below pre-pandemic levels. However, the strong increase in sales to private buyers shows consumers are confident.”
