A blog post about my London-based solar panels and battery.

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      10 months ago

      I doubt it’s the cost of electricity itself, but rather that the average European uses a lot less electricity (mainly due to more energy efficient appliances and no AC use).

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            10 months ago

            American houses are very well insulated for the most part. Triple pane windows are only marginally better than double.

            Size is the biggest thing here.

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        10 months ago

        The appliances are basically the same–no, American appliances don’t generally run on 120v–but I’ll bet average house size is the biggest thing.

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      10 months ago

      Atm it’s about roughly 35-40 cents per kWh. That’s much higher than most places in the US which Google is telling me is 16 cents per kWh.