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bazcurtis @[email protected] · 2026-09-05 · 16:12 UTC

We smashed our August solar record, beating our previous high by 58.4k kWh! ☀️ Even with the heat waves and AC running, production stayed strong (though it did mean less spare energy for export). 🌡️⚡

https://www.bazmac.me/blog/solar-grid-battery-overview-august-2026

#SolarEnergy #SolarPanels #SolarGeneration #OctopusEnergy #OctopusWatch #SolarBattery #OctopusExport #SolarPV #HeatPump #IOG #IntelligentOctopusGo

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bazcurtis @[email protected] · 2026-08-02 · 14:13 UTC

July was a scorcher! ☀️ We smashed our production records, hitting a new high and beating our previous July record by 171.90 kWh. Despite the heat, we kept costs low with smart battery management and the Intelligent Octopus Go tariff. Check out how we managed to achieve a negative bill this month! ⚡️

https://www.bazmac.me/blog/solar-grid-battery-overview-july-2026

#SolarEnergy #SolarPanels #SolarGeneration #OctopusEnergy #OctopusWatch #SolarBattery #OctopusExport #SolarPV #HeatPump #IOG #IntelligentOctopusGo

#solarenergy #solarpanels #solargeneration #octopusenergy #octopuswatch #solarbattery

bazcurtis @[email protected] · 2026-07-10 · 08:51 UTC

The worst June for solar production in four years.

Despite some wet weather that led to lower-than-usual production, we still kept our costs incredibly low. Check out the full breakdown of our stats, including our battery performance and huge savings this month! ☀️🔋

#SolarEnergy #SolarPanels #SolarGeneration #OctopusEnergy #OctopusWatch #SolarBattery #OctopusExport #SolarPV #HeatPump #IOG #IntelligentOctopusGo

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dasgrueneblatt @[email protected] · 2026-05-22 · 16:16 UTC

I just finished the first version of a small software for managing the balcony solar plant of some family members. It works completely without any cloud or any other people's computers or even an internet connection.

There's three panels and an inverter with a battery. Any power initially is used in the household, then if anything is left it's put into the battery for later use, or if the battery is full, fed it into the public grid (to get a small financial compensation). Or if you want to, you can override that and just charge the battery, or even charge it from the grid.

Of course the inverter originally needs a cloud connection and comes with an app that needs a cloud connection and obviously is described as AI-powered very smart whatever. But there is a documented API for getting and setting some values! Interoperability! Without the cloud, there's hardly any logic built in. So I had to create it myself.

It's just a few HTTP requests, json, a SQLite database, and some very basic HTML.

#pv #solar #solarpower #inverter #balkonsolar #balkonkraftwerk #fernfusion #solarbattery #solarpunk #photovoltaics #solarenergy #noAI #noCloud #interoperability #openStandards