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2022

Assessing Powerwall Battery Degradation (12th December)
- How does one measure battery degradation?
Annual variation in location of sunrise and sunset (5th December)
- Can help with deciding which roofs may be useful for solar PV.
Is it possible to live a carbon-zero life? (21st November)
- I gave a talk to 6th formers about Climate Change

New Solar Panels (27th October)
- Discussion of the rationale for installing new solar panels.

It’s been a sunny summer (1st September)
- A look at solar PV generation this summer.
Non, Je ne regrette rien: update (26th August)
- A look at the impact of increased energy prices
What Else Can I do? (14th July)
- What else could I possibly do to minimise CO2 emissions?
“Off-Grid” or Not “Off-Grid”? That is the question. (26th May)
- An explanation of what the phrase ‘off-grid’ means in practice.

Analysis of 16 years of Solar PV data (16th March)
- Can one detect the decline in efficiency of solar panels?

Reducing CO2 Emissions from my home (4th February)
- A talk I gave to the local Friends of the Earth

Carbon accounts 2021: looking back and looking ahead (2nd January)
- A review of how the reductions in CO2 are going.

November 2021: Heating and Carbon Emissions (1st December)
A summary of the way all the elements of our retrofit work together in November.
- Insulation reduced heat demand by half
- Solar PV met 20% of our electricity demand.
- Battery allowed time-shifting, avoiding peak rate electricity
- Air source heat pump operated with more than 300% efficiency
The Role of a Battery in Meeting Winter Electricity Demand(26th November)
- Details of how Solar PV with a battery saves emissions even in winter.
A Year of Solar Energy (8th November)
- Review of a year of solar energy data

Carbonaut (6th October)
- Includes videos of a talk describing the entire carbon zero project.
Our Old Car is Dead. Long Live The New Car! (July 28th)
- Why we didn’t buy an EV.
Back Down to Earth (June 22nd)
- Sometimes it just isn’t sunny – even at midsummer!
Floating (June 16th)
- Reflections on a few days of using no gas and grid electricity: entirely solar powered!
Battery Day: One month on… (20th April)
- Performance of the Tesla Powerwall domestic battery. Wow!
Battery Day. One week on… (24th March)
- Performance of the Tesla Powerwall domestic battery. Wow!
Battery Day: First Results (20th March)
- Performance of the Tesla Powerwall domestic battery. Wow!
Domestic Batteries: Purchase Decisions and Realistic Models (1st February)
Domestic Batteries: Thinking More about Batteries (9th January)
Domestic Batteries: Thinking about Domestic Batteries (3rd January)