Category: Climate Crisis
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Automating Octopus Power-ups
One of the challenges of renewable energy is matching demand to supply. In other words, when it’s sunny and windy, more energy is generated than is required, at certain points in the day. This can be stored for later use, but this infrastructure is expensive and can take a long time to provision. An alternative…
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Energy Sankey Chart in Home Assistant
We had solar panels installed at the start of February but we’re still waiting for the accompanying battery to arrive. I put together this Home Assistant dashboard for our Kindle Fire kiosk tablet in the kitchen at home, so we could quickly spot excess solar production (and turn on the washing machine!) – but also…
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“Can we open the window yet?” : monitoring and managing home temperatures during a heat emergency
The UK experienced its hottest temperatures on record on Monday and Tuesday last week (18 and 19 July 2022), exceeding 40°C for the first time in several parts of England. This seemed far-fetched even a couple weeks ago – but here we are, and here we appear to be, until we take radical steps to…