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The students prototyped a smart thermostat in 30 minutes
During the first two weeks of July I had the pleasure of running a couple of mini hackathons with GCSE students in our Slough research centre and Manchester office. I started with a 30 minute primer of the world of smart energy tech - everything from how the grid is evolving
Prime Outgoing
At the Energy Tech Summit yesterday I published a quick video about our new export tariff, Prime Outgoing. Octopus Prime - almost out now. If you’ve got a decent size battery it probably makes more sense to use our peak time export tariff. And it’s great for the grid
What is a VPP and am I in one?
Electricity is produced by generators, or Power Plants; coal, gas, solar, wind, nuclear etc. A Virtual Power Plant (VPP) doesn't produce any electricity. Instead it's a collection of electrical assets that can react to requests for more or less generation (or demand) on the grid and
Solar Days
At last, we're getting some sunny days and a decent amount of solar but I've always wondered why we only get 10% production in the depths of winter compared to the summer when daylight hours are a bit less than half. In January the Earth is