My second day of experimentaltion exporting to the #grid.

I set the house battery to charge over night at 7p\kWh then export at 15p

These are fixed tariffs with #Octopus Energy.

I may switch to the agile tariff (with variable import\export) depending on how the experiments go.

Energy arbitrage - A game for total anoracks 🤣

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Have you got your eye on some batteries - fill um up at night - use or export during the day.

I know a guy who now swears by his gennie with bio diesel - runs 16kv for a couple of hours a day during winter , haven’t done the sums , interesting though

I already have 15kWh of house battery but yes tempting to get more. I can export 5kW max without upgraded grid connection.

Import 6hrs x 10kW = 60kWh

@ 7p = £4.20

Export 12hrs x 5kW @ 20p = £12

12-4.20 £7.80 \ day ≈ Better than a kick in the bollocks 😄

Interesting, is this allowed in the UK? In Austria it is not allowed. Would be an easy fix to improve the grid!

Yes, an essential step to decarbonization of the grid. Perfectly legal.

I already use a flexible tariff with day ahead prices. I would buy a huge battery and would use it for arbitraging. Unfortunately it is not allowed here. So stupid.

Your export tariff is wrong