One month with a solar battery - real statistics
One month with a solar battery - real statistics
August is meant to be full of gloriously hot days. An endless parade of sunshine and drinks in the park. This year it seemed mostly grey, miserable, and prone to pissing it down at a moment's notice. We all know that solar panels' efficiency wilts in the heat, but do they get a tan work [...]
A blog post about my London-based solar panels and battery.
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TIL electricity bills in London are a fuck ton cheaper than in the US even before the solar installation.
I doubt it's the cost of electricity itself, but rather that the average European uses a lot less electricity (mainly due to more energy efficient appliances and no AC use).
Smaller houses probably help too
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American houses are very well insulated for the most part. Triple pane windows are only marginally better than double.
Size is the biggest thing here.
The appliances are basically the same--no, American appliances don't generally run on 120v--but I'll bet average house size is the biggest thing.
Atm it's about roughly 35-40 cents per kWh. That's much higher than most places in the US which Google is telling me is 16 cents per kWh.