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  1. East/South East (8x 400w panels) panels generated - 17.0 kWh
    West/North (6x 400w panels) panels generated - 10.8 kWh
    Solar generated - 27.8 kWh
    Solcast forecasted - 25.91 kWh
    Imported from the grid - 18.2 kWh - Cost (inc standing charge) £2.04
    Exported 12.6 kWh Export profit - £1.51
    12.0 kWh went into the battery
    Battery used - 9.5 kWh
    House consumed - 27.9 kWh
    Electricity cost for the day at 9pm (minus is a profit) is £0.53
    #Solar #SolarGeneration #Solcast #OctopusAgile #SolarPV

  2. 🎉 Wow, what a breakthrough! Now you can spend $285 for the privilege of turning your #balcony into a miniature #power plant! 🌞 Because who doesn't want to pay for the opportunity to save 213 bucks over a lifetime while navigating the complex world of plugin #solar legislation? 🙃
    brightsaver.org/balcony-solar- #breakthrough #investment #savings #legislation #HackerNews #ngated

  3. 🎉 Wow, what a breakthrough! Now you can spend $285 for the privilege of turning your #balcony into a miniature #power plant! 🌞 Because who doesn't want to pay for the opportunity to save 213 bucks over a lifetime while navigating the complex world of plugin #solar legislation? 🙃
    brightsaver.org/balcony-solar- #breakthrough #investment #savings #legislation #HackerNews #ngated

  4. Yeah, even the chargers for individual cells like XTAR, SkyRC, etc. are from China.

    There's XTAR chargers that can charge Li-ion, Ni-MH, Li-ion 1.5v and LFP cells as well. When I delved on batteries and stuff I really thought there's other brands of charger out there that ain't China, but nada. I was surprised at the time, like wtf ?

    Americans, and especially Europeans, why aren't y'all making better stuffs about batteries and shit ? Do something ! Sheesh... Y'all are so focused on useless crap like age verification bullshit

    youtube.com/watch?v=f3QE8Kyc3Is

    #batteries #solar #solarpunk #electronics #americans #europe

  5. Yeah, even the chargers for individual cells like XTAR, SkyRC, etc. are from China.

    There's XTAR chargers that can charge Li-ion, Ni-MH, Li-ion 1.5v and LFP cells as well. When I delved on batteries and stuff I really thought there's other brands of charger out there that ain't China, but nada. I was surprised at the time, like wtf ?

    Americans, and especially Europeans, why aren't y'all making better stuffs about batteries and shit ? Do something ! Sheesh... Y'all are so focused on useless crap like age verification bullshit

    youtube.com/watch?v=f3QE8Kyc3Is

    #batteries #solar #solarpunk #electronics #americans #europe

  6. I don't much care about humanoid robots or robot dogs, but we can't possibly keep growing #solar at the pace we have been in the U.S. if inverters can't be imported from #China.
    Most of the inverters installed to date have been manufactured from China. China dominates that market.
    The #Trump administration is literally trying to destroy the world so oil companies can keep increasing their profits.
    #politics #USPol
    techcrunch.com/2026/07/29/us-g
    Adwall free link: archive.ph/Y1wKd

  7. I don't much care about humanoid robots or robot dogs, but we can't possibly keep growing #solar at the pace we have been in the U.S. if inverters can't be imported from #China.
    Most of the inverters installed to date have been manufactured from China. China dominates that market.
    The #Trump administration is literally trying to destroy the world so oil companies can keep increasing their profits.
    #politics #USPol
    techcrunch.com/2026/07/29/us-g
    Adwall free link: archive.ph/Y1wKd

  8. Another ploy by Trump to delay #solar energy in the USA and help his friends in the oil and gas industry. It will only drive electricity bills higher

    pv-magazine.com/2026/07/29/fcc

  9. #SpaceWeather #Solar #sflorg
    Geophysical Alert Message

    Solar-terrestrial indices for 28 July follow.
    Solar flux 143 and estimated planetary A-index 8.
    The estimated planetary K-index at 1200 UTC on 29 July was 1.67.

    No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.

    No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.
    sflorg.com/p/space-weather.html

  10. #SpaceWeather #Solar #sflorg
    Geophysical Alert Message

    Solar-terrestrial indices for 28 July follow.
    Solar flux 143 and estimated planetary A-index 8.
    The estimated planetary K-index at 1200 UTC on 29 July was 1.67.

    No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.

    No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.
    sflorg.com/p/space-weather.html

  11. Doing a punch walk on our #solar project that's mostly finished. Fund a few items that we've cleaned up, and few that need be done.

    Painnted exposed surfaces with galvination to protect long term. Fire caulked entrance&exit of building w/conduit. Torqued stuff. Noted a neutral that needs to move.

  12. Solcast forecast for today (South East 4x400w panels) - 8.99 kWh
    Solcast forecast for today (East 4x400w panels) - 6.54 kWh
    Solcast forecast for today (West North 6x400w panels) - 10.44 kWh
    Solcast forecasting a total of 25.9639 kWh
    #Solar #SolarGeneration #Solcast #SolarPV

  13. Reconfigurable Renewable Energy Industrial Precincts

    Are Reconfigurable Renewable Energy Industrial Precincts, the key to solving the last 1% of electrification? The race to fully decarbonise Australia’s electricity grid will soon be nearing its endgame, but the final stretch will undoubtedly be the most difficult. While wind, solar, and battery storage can comfortably manage 98% of our annual electricity demand, it’s just the remaining 1–2% that presents a challenge: the Winter Dunkelflaute. Derived from the German word for "dark […]

    envirocomms5.wordpress.com/202

  14. Reconfigurable Renewable Energy Industrial Precincts

    Are Reconfigurable Renewable Energy Industrial Precincts, the key to solving the last 1% of electrification? The race to fully decarbonise Australia’s electricity grid will soon be nearing its endgame, but the final stretch will undoubtedly be the most difficult. While wind, solar, and battery storage can comfortably manage 98% of our annual electricity demand, it’s just the remaining 1–2% that presents a challenge: the Winter Dunkelflaute. Derived from the German word for "dark […]

    envirocomms5.wordpress.com/202

  15. „Viele Autos in der Stadt oder auf der Autobahn sind nicht nur übermotorisiert, meist sitzt auch nur eine einzige Person im Inneren. Kompakte, verbrauchsarme Fahrzeuge wie der elektrische Sun V sind für alltägliche Besorgungsfahrten oder für Pendler absolut ausreichend. Der Clou ist natürlich das ausfahrbare Solardach.“

    netzwelt.de/news/256767-bereit

    #mobilität #eauto #solar

  16. „Viele Autos in der Stadt oder auf der Autobahn sind nicht nur übermotorisiert, meist sitzt auch nur eine einzige Person im Inneren. Kompakte, verbrauchsarme Fahrzeuge wie der elektrische Sun V sind für alltägliche Besorgungsfahrten oder für Pendler absolut ausreichend. Der Clou ist natürlich das ausfahrbare Solardach.“

    netzwelt.de/news/256767-bereit

    #mobilität #eauto #solar

  17. Allein Solar hat in den letzten drei Monaten in Folge über 30 % der Last der Nettostromerzeugung in der BR Deutschland getragen - hinzu kommen 20% plus an - runtergeregelten Windstrom. In den letzten 4 Monaten lagen die Anteile über 60 % .
    In Freiburg verbuddelt die badenova in gasbetriebene Fernwärme.Teerhaltigen Strassenaufbruch inklusive . Die Decarbonisierung auch des Strom ist #Solar oder #Windoffensive hin oder her erbärmlich sparsam - badenova und Stadt "verhandeln" . Frau Reiches Ausbaustopp für erneuerbare kommt obendrauf .
    energy-charts.info/charts/rene

  18. @ember-energy.org
    #Solar has become the 🇪🇺 EU’s single biggest source of electricity. It generated 1/4 of the bloc’s electricity in June 2026, more than #wind, #fossil gas, #coal or #nuclear, while heat waves drove up AC demand. In June, Spain pulled 34% of its electricity. Germany even more, at 36%.

    A quarter of EU power came fro...

  19. Analysis: Wind and solar power overtake fossil fuels in Germany for first time ever

    More of Germany’s electricity came from wind and solar power than fossil fuels for the first time ever…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #ClimateChange #Electricity #environment #FossilFuel #Germany #onshorewind #renewableenergy #Science #solar #UK #UnitedKingdom #wind #windandsolar
    newsbeep.com/uk/716416/

  20. Analysis: Wind and solar power overtake fossil fuels in Germany for first time ever

    More of Germany’s electricity came from wind and solar power than fossil fuels for the first time ever…
    #NewsBeep #News #Environment #ClimateChange #Electricity #environment #FossilFuel #Germany #onshorewind #renewableenergy #Science #solar #UK #UnitedKingdom #wind #windandsolar
    newsbeep.com/uk/716416/

  21. NEW: After years of tribal objections and regulatory delays, the Badger Mountain solar project is no more. Energy developer Avangrid withdrew their application from the state permitting process yesterday.

    #Indigenous #washington #renewables #solar #climatejustice #energy

    hcn.org/articles/tribally-cont

  22. NEW: After years of tribal objections and regulatory delays, the Badger Mountain solar project is no more. Energy developer Avangrid withdrew their application from the state permitting process yesterday.

    #Indigenous #washington #renewables #solar #climatejustice #energy

    hcn.org/articles/tribally-cont

  23. 📚New best practice reports from #CitizenEnergyHub 🔹Discover how the Brupower initiative is powering #EnergySharing & expanding #solar power in Brussels 🔹Find out how Papillon is helping households tackle #EnergyPoverty in Flanders Learn more 👉 link.europa.eu/KQKNch
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    nitter.net/Energy4Europe/statu

  24. @shonin

    There's an interesting bit at the end of this article saying solar has been out of reach for manufactured homes because the weight's too much for their structural stability. The solution: Attach a custom-made porch to the home and install panels on its roof...

    #Solar #SolarPower

  25. 🐔 A farm that cuts its electricity bill by 74% AND gives its chickens shade from summer heat?

    Handsome Brook Farms, an organic pasture-raised egg producer in Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky, just finished 9 ground-mounted solar projects totaling 579.7 kW across its farms. One farmer saw a 74.23% drop in his annual electric bill with 100% uptime since day one.

    The ground-mounted panels pull double duty: clean power on top, shade for the hens below. The chickens roam between the arrays and the barn, staying cooler during intense summer heat.

    The economics are real too. With federal tax credits, accelerated depreciation, and a USDA REAP grant, the payback is about 3 years. After that, power is basically free for the 25-year warranty period.

    It offsets about 668 metric tons of CO2 annually. Not bad for a bunch of chickens and some panels.

    Read more:
    solarpowerworldonline.com/2026
    wattagnet.com/egg/article/1583

    #solar #agriculture #agrivoltaics

  26. Post–Hurricane Helene, this community is getting creative with solar

    An Asheville, North Carolina, group has embraced solar to secure backup power and lower bills. Its efforts go beyond the standard rooftop array.

    canarymedia.com/articles/solar #solar

  27. #SpaceWeather #Solar #sflorg
    Geophysical Alert Message

    Solar-terrestrial indices for 27 July follow.
    Solar flux 147 and estimated planetary A-index 7.
    The estimated planetary K-index at 1200 UTC on 28 July was 2.33.

    No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours.

    No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours.
    sflorg.com/p/space-weather.html