OhNoNotimAgain wrote:Arborbridge wrote:I thought the best approach would be to take this as a hint to close down the house for an hour and go to the pub....
but then I ended spending much more than I'd saved!
(only joking)
What actually happens I that I just turn off the non-essential things, most vampires, lights radio, PC etc - including stopping the heating firing up intermittently - and seeing what transpires. I didn't turn the TV off, which would probably have saved most of all, nor the fridge-freezer.
Last time the saving was worth having, but I have a feeling that was a "special" day for some reason.
And tonight, the forecast is that my car will charge with 99% renewable energy. Oh joy
Yes, it all makes life just more complicated for not much real gain.
Arb.
That's cobblers, the grid never gets 99% of its electricity from renewables.
Besides, the doubling of my standing charge shows us the that the real cost of renewables is much higher than claimed.
My bit of the grid (Northern Scotland) almost always gets 100% of its electricity from renewable sources as long as the wind is blowing. This morning it was only just as it isn't that windy. Hydro was 28.8% and the rest wind. The high hydro percentage means wind generation was well below peak. Often it up as high as 98%. If it's very calm then Peterhead gas plant goes on and we may import from Southern Scotland where there is more gas plant and nuclear.
data from carbonintensity.org.uk