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Sue Beesley
@suebeesley.bsky.social
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Gardener. Microlighter. Dabbler in anything interesting. SolarPV devotee since 2011. Heat pump nerd. Still wondering what to do when I grow up. www.bluebellcottage.co.uk
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 1d
Quince jelly turned out all right. Membrillo tomorrow.
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 1d
Quince jelly and membrillo on the go...
A bowl of large yellow quince Chopped up quince in a pan of water Mashed quince piled into a muslin in a colander over a saucepan Muslin tied up and hanging clear of the pan so the juice can drip through.
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 1d
I don't really have a big problem with gas as last resort for some years. We'll use very little of the stuff overall (lots on cloudy, still, cold days) but it will serve to underpin security of supply and keep markets calm.
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 1d
Yes, I fly a microlight. The maintenance regime is very rigorous, insurance is invalidated if not kept up. Our plane is only 14 years old and we don't take paying passengers.
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 1d
Yes, battery storage should be considered to be critical national infrastructure.
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 2d
By then will we have decoupled gas from renewable pricing in the UK too?
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 2d
Like right now....
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 2d
Kate Bush.
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 6d
Correct. I thought you were referring to existing panels...
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 6d
The panels on my house are now 14 years old. Still producing at 90% of their original output. Long since paid for themselves.
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 6d
My solar panels have been on the house since 2011. I have washed them once, otherwise they have required no maintenance at all. They are still producing 90% of their original output. They paid for themselves 4 years ago (they were much more expensive in 2011 than today), so it's all free now.
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 7d
Looks like Eastbourne. Or Pevensey Bay
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 7d
Well yes, because people don't read newspapers, but they do look at running costs when buying a car.
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 8d
That's wonderful...
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 8d
I buy my electricity from @octopus.energy . The solar/ batter system I've got was installed in three stages and the heat pump went in afterwards so there's been a long slow learning curve. We manage it completely ourselves now. Easy and seamless once you understand it.
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 8d
Yes, it will :-)
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 8d
The right wing press will only report on the payments to renewable generators not to supply. They won't mention how insanely cheap it is now, or the reasons the oversupply can't all be used/stored.
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 8d
You'll use daytime electricity during winter, but there are tariffs with an off-peak, daytime top up. I might stick with Octopus Go anyway, but I'll have a look at other options.
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 8d
And it puts Israel under the spotlight re its next move which in turn potentially weakens Trump's support for Netanyahu, if Trump thinks he's preventing him getting his mitts on the big prize. An big bait that I didn't think Hamas, would take, tbh.
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 8d
As you can see, the cheap rate electricity, topped up by solar, lasts all day. We haven't bought any additional electricity during the day since March.
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 8d
The blue areas are us using the stored electricity from the battery for the house. The spikes are the heat pump running a heating cycle. Green is solar generation which runs the house first and tops up the battery if it can. When the battery is full, we export to the grid (purple) 2/
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 8d
For the #heatpump /solarPV/battery curious, here's a typical late September day...
The brown area is us buying electricity from the grid during off peak time, at 8p/kWhr. This tops up the 13kW battery and runs a hot water cycle via the heat pump. We might also charge a car during this time. 1/
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 8d
And very confusing. Is this a case of 'my enemy's enemy is my friend'. Even though I know he also hates me, but hates me a bit less less than he hates my enemy?
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 11d
Also, much better for those of us who don't like the sound up, find many videos annoying, and can read much faster than we can watch a video. Every video/audio should have a transcript, especially news content.
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Sue Beesley @suebeesley.bsky.social · 12d
Phew - it's back up... Thought for a moment it had been Doge'd...