Battery

In summer I made a decision: I was going to get a battery. And the company that would provide it said the model I would get would come on the market in autumn. And it did! It arrived in early November, and in mid-November I got an appointment for it to be installed. That would take two days. Luckily I had two days in a row where I didn't have much timetabled. 

Installation happened without too much incident. The lady who had come to visit the house, to decide on things such as where the battery would go, had made decisions the actual installer didn't agree with. There was some drilling that made my computer not able to hear what I was saying. The power had to be switched off a few times, and there was a bit too much electricity going down the Earth. For that last issue, a bloke from Scottish Power had to come out. The cat didn't like all the faff and wasn't seen until it was all over. Altogether, very much within reasonable limits.

By the second afternoon it was all done. The installer showed me how to work the app. I can now keep track of how full my battery is, how much energy is coming in, and how much I am using. It will be great to keep an eye on that! I hope I will manage to be self-sufficient on many days. I suppose I will report back!

I don't think this battery will earn itself back anytime soon. But it will feel good to be able to contribute to renewable energy storage, as renewable energy is all good and well, but some of it is impossible to regulate. You can't summon the sun or the wind if energy demand is high! But with batteries, energy generation and use can be decoupled. And that is what we will need. I’m doing my bit…