How To Configure a MyEnergi Zappi or Other EV Charge Point With a Home Battery System
The issues and options for connecting a charger to solar.
Half of Europe’s family homes could be energy self-sufficient with solar and storage – report
Just over half of Europe's single family homes could technically be fully energy self-sufficient with a combination of solar energy and storage systems, according to a report by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Already today, 53 percent of about 41 million buildings included in the analysis could theoretically go off-grid and have a fully
Energy Act 2023: the ‘biggest energy legislation in UK history’ becomes law
The Energy Act 2023, which has been called the “biggest piece of energy legislation in the UK’s history”, received Royal Assent yesterday (26 October). The Act, which has now become law, includes a number of major changes aimed at creating a more efficient energy system that can uphold the growing number of electrified technologies being
How To Get Remote Control Access To Your Solis Inverter
Solis Inverter Settings If you have had a Solis inverter installed - either a hybrid solar inverter or an AC battery inverter - you will likely have found that you have to make most setting changes through the screen of the inverter. This is because the online interface for the inverter generally only shows
Top 5 Best Solar Batteries for Home Storage 2023
The pros and cons of different home battery storage systems.
IEA: Solar PV to contribute more than half of new power capacity to 2030
Renewables are set to contribute 80% of new power capacity to 2030 in the stated policies scenario (STEPS), with solar PV alone accounting for more than half of this, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). In its flagship World Energy Outlook report, the IEA expects solar manufacturing capacity to exceed 1.2TW of module nameplate capacity
IEA: global temperatures could rise by 2.4 °C under current policy settings
Despite significant clean energy growth across the globe, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned that under today’s policy settings, emissions would remain high enough to increase global average temperatures to around 2.4 °C. Bending the emissions curve onto a path towards a 1.5 °C maximum increase, the IEA’s flagship World Energy Outlook (WEO) report
Solar on public buildings to be supported in £230 million package
Solar is set to be supported across a number of schools, hospitals and other public buildings as part of a £230 million funding boost by the UK government. The funding, which is being provided by the government to implement a range of low-carbon technologies to spur decarbonisation in public buildings, supports the installation of technologies
How Do I Set Time-of-Use Tariff Charging on a Solis Inverter?
Solis Inverter Overnight Charging Lots of our customers who have a hybrid solar inverter or a home battery system also have access to a cheap time-of-use electricity tariff (for example Economy 7 or Octopus Go) that has a cheap rate overnight. It is then possible for them to charge up their battery on this
Keeping Your Home Battery Charged in the Winter
How to protect a home battery from the effects of the cold.