[rojeee]

I have 6.5kW of solar PV and a 16kWh battery system in the UK. On a sunny day I’ll generate about 50kWh and export more than half of that to the grid. The rest is for charging my hybrid car (25kWh) and just general house use.

So far this year, our net grid import is 3000kWh and solar generation is 2500kWh. We have a 5kW heat pump and that uses quite a lot of electricity in winter when we don’t generate too much.

[nextweek2]

I have gone off the idea of solar at home. I’m on the octopus agile tariff where there are changing prices every 30 minutes. Given that sometimes I am paid to use electricity it would seem better to just buy a battery system and offset the usage.

Especially in the winter months when it’s blowing but not sunny. But I don’t see people selling this setup.