Philip Steele on Energy Tech

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.

At the Energy Tech Summit yesterday I published a quick video about our new export tariff, Prime Outgoing.

Electricity is produced by generators, or Power Plants; coal, gas, solar, wind, nuclear etc.

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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.

After what feels like years of hype, AI is here and it's magic.

{Yes, it's an AI generated image of solar being stored in a bank vault ;) } Most home solar systems will export on sunny days; our system regularly exports 20+ kWh on a summers day.

On a Sunday evening you get one of these to exercise your brain.

But only with a solar system.

We love trees and we love wind turbines.

Yesterday Whitby residents were given the choice of staying with Natural Gas instead of being forced to take part in a Hydrogen home heating & cooking trial as a result of a tremendous amount of pressure by residents on the local council, government, and…

Yes: If you buy a new home in a few years time the chances are it will be built to the forthcoming Future Homes Standard 2025 and should be much more energy efficient, all electric and have the latest energy tech included.

Security is often top of mind when making hardware - no one wants their data stolen, device used as part of a bot-net or their controls taken over.

75% of electric car drivers charge their cars at home but that's only possible if you have a driveway or garage.

At events I've spoken recently at I've started to refer to heat pumps as an energy generator so want to explain why.