Tesla Quietly Raised the Price of the Powerwall
That’s not what usually happens when you scale up mass production.
Eco homes open their doors
Transition Town Worthing has launched its fourth Eco Open Houses Worthing, in collaboration with Green Open Homes.
Go eco and watch your house soar in value
SOARING electricity prices have changed the way property seekers look at homes.New research showed properties with sustainable features such as solar panels, battery packs and rainwater tanks have been selling faster and at higher prices than homes without the eco-friendly features.The typical difference in sales price was 10 per cent higher, while the sustainable homes
Smart systems key to future of cheaper and cleaner energy supply
With news that utility bills are on the rise, experts say technology will revolutionise both consumer use and generation of power
PowerBanx: Living Without an Electricity Bill – Day 5
My experience on Day 1 with a PowerBanx home battery showed that it’s perfectly possible to run a house with using any grid electricity, i.e. for free. However, my experiences on Day 2 and Day 3 showed that it was quite hard to also charge an electric car for free
Surging solar could send inflexible generators off the grid this summer
Surging solar generation this summer could send legacy, inflexible generators off the grid as National Grid expects yet another period of supply and demand travails.
The need to adapt in the energy storage era
The traditional automotive industry had been reluctant to embrace the electricity revolution. But Porsche’s recent announcement that it would be doubling its investment in electric vehicles (EVs) to €6 billion by 2022 can be seen as a wakeup call. The battery vehicles are coming. And Porsche is not the only one. Other automotive companies are
PowerBanx: Living Without an Electricity Bill – Days 3 and 4
While using our PowerBanx home battery got us through Day 1 without paying for any electricity to run the house, attempting to also charge the car on Day 2 had meant that we had ending up using some mains electricity to get through the evening (about 60p worth).
How utilities can combine cryptocurrency and renewable energy
SolarCoin is a cryptocurrency created in 2014 to encourage solar energy generation for commercial solar producers and individuals with solar panels installed.
PowerBanx: Living Without an Electricity Bill – Day 2
My attempt to live without paying for electricity using a PowerBanx home battery worked well on Day 1 so I was optimistic going into Day 2. As we have seen, the day started with the battery still half full at midnight. The night-time loads were small so there was still