I’m on a limited trial where I sometimes get completely free electricity for a couple of hours on specific days (my provider emails the day before to let me know and opt in).
I can charge my car, my solar batteries (they can charge from the grid if instructed), run the dishwasher, washing machine. And it costs nothing.
And then during the peak usage times, I’m using less power as I’ve done the stuff I would have done in those peak hours.
They don’t do this from the goodness of their heart: there is an excess of energy available and they want it used instead of turning off production. Hopefully this rolls out to more areas soon.
I used to be on an “agile” tariff where the price changes every 30 minutes. Sometimes the price would go negative and I’d get paid to use energy. A good opportunity to turn on some fan heaters and warm the garden. Those flowers look a little chilly.
I suppose at least if it was exported to the UK, it was hopefully still displacing some fossil fuel usage
The UK sometimes has an excess as well.
I’m on a limited trial where I sometimes get completely free electricity for a couple of hours on specific days (my provider emails the day before to let me know and opt in).
I can charge my car, my solar batteries (they can charge from the grid if instructed), run the dishwasher, washing machine. And it costs nothing.
And then during the peak usage times, I’m using less power as I’ve done the stuff I would have done in those peak hours.
They don’t do this from the goodness of their heart: there is an excess of energy available and they want it used instead of turning off production. Hopefully this rolls out to more areas soon.
I used to be on an “agile” tariff where the price changes every 30 minutes. Sometimes the price would go negative and I’d get paid to use energy. A good opportunity to turn on some fan heaters and warm the garden. Those flowers look a little chilly.