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What Solarpunk changes have you made in your daily life? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Capitanmaroon@lemmy.world to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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I feel like I always think of solar punk as a macro thing where a lot has to change but there are still smaller wins we can implement, what have you been doing?

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[–] Capitanmaroon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm also from the UK. Could I ask for a recommendation and price range for your panels? I love the idea of it and know the upfront costs are high but haven't actually looked into it.

[–] Berttheduck@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Of course. We have been with Octopus for a while now for our energy and went with them for solar because of good offers and finance deals. The price dropped quite a lot in the year or so we were looking. In March this year we got 10 panels a 10kW battery and a 5kW inverter for a little over £9k. We also picked a finance deal which worked out about £300 a month so it was affordable for us, that's not including the electric buy back or the fact we don't have an electric bill currently so it's actually cheaper. For comparison we looked about 8 months before and they had 10 panels a 5kW battery and a smaller inverter for £13k admittedly on an interest free finance deal, our current one is not interest free. So the prices keep coming down.