Category: Energy

  • Time of Use Energy Plans

    Time of Use Energy Plans

    Timing is everything. The cost of electricity has been a key factor throughout the decarbonisation process. The cost of energy varies (read: increases) over time, but is also variable throughout the day due to time of use (ToU) energy plans. Considering the substantial increase in the overall amount of electricity needed to run all of…

  • Battery Management

    Battery Management

    I have a 19.3kWh BYD HVM home battery along with a 6.6kW solar panels, both connected to a Fronius Primo GEN24 5.0 Plus 5kW inverter. For more info on those, go see that other post. When the system was initially configured, everything was set to what I gather was a fairly standard configuration that charged…

  • Decarbonising Home

    Decarbonising Home

    Sections A little background An interview that was the motivation for writing all of this Why did I do this? The reasons why I decarbonised my home A few notes Notes on the creation of this piece What did I do? A brief overview of what I did When did I do it and how…