EV Owners Are Using Rooftop Solar to Charge Their Cars and Cut Energy Costs
Electric vehicle owners are finding a cleaner and cheaper way to charge at home: connect the car to rooftop solar, add battery storage, and let the system do the work. That setup is getting more attention after Tesla owner
I talked to homeowners considering a battery backup – these are their biggest questions
Home batteries are a significant investment, but price is not always the biggest hurdle. Price is usually not the biggest barrier for home battery buyers Batteries can boost home value, even if you're planning to move Outage frequency and
UK solar installations continue rising as costs per kW drop
Figures published by the government today also show that nine of the ten best-performing months for solar additions were in the last year. Figures from the UK government show that April this year saw 22,733 new solar PV installations,
Households could save £823 a year on their energy bills by installing solar panels and batteries
Energy price cap has increased to £1,862 but home solar panels with batteries could knock 44% off annual energy bills As Ofgem announces higher energy bills from July, households could save £823 a year by installing solar panels and
Heatwaves are becoming the norm. This is what Britain will look like in the year 2052
If you think the temperature uncomfortable today, let me take you to the last day of July 2052, the rays of the climbing sun reveal a city still sweltering in the residual heat of the day before. From the
Beat the energy crisis: The ultimate EV home-charging setup tested
Installing solar panels may have seemed like an expensive luxury to most of us some time ago. But now it seems like a way out of the fuel crisis hitting the UK. I had made the switch to EVs in
Rise in solar panel sales as people ‘want to save money’
"It's all about saving money now, not just sustainability." Those are the words of the founder of a solar power firm who sums up the shift in the industry neatly. Ben Harrison's Gloucestershire company has installed 65% more solar
Are solar panel prices about to surge? Why now might be the perfect time to invest
Geopolitical uncertainty, supply shortages and China’s recent tax reform are threatening to send the prices of solar panels soaring. But, is it really that severe? Once an extortionate investment reserved for the ‘eco-elite’, solar has rapidly become one of
Octopus Energy boss: some people would accept blackouts if bills cut
Greg Jackson argues against costly investments in UK’s power grid that are adding to household bills The boss of the UK’s biggest energy supplier has suggested that some households would accept an occasional electricity blackout in exchange for much