We’re after Agile trial members with to assist us work out what cheaper, greener water heating will appear to be in a post-gas Britain.
On this BEIS-funded trial, we’re teaming up with dwelling battery specialists Powervault to work in the direction of the gradual electrification of water heating via a mix of dwelling photo voltaic PV, off-peak Agile pricing, and an electrical water heating system.
Be a part of the trial now for £100 money and £50 account credit score!
We have now crammed up all of the trial slots for members with a Powervault 3 battery. Nevertheless, we nonetheless have a couple of extra locations for the monitoring group. To participate you may want an electrical scorching water heater (also referred to as an immersion heater) able to being monitored both by a Smartplug or different monitoring system. Powervault will organize for an electrician to put in this monitoring system for gratis and in alternate you’ll get £100 money from them, and £50 credit score in your Octopus Vitality account!
Functions shut 30 April. Members chosen on a first-come-first-served foundation.
Calling all early adopters! Octopus Vitality is proud to disclose a pioneering new link-up with Powervault trialling the vitality expertise of tomorrow, as we speak.
Powervault 3 helps you cut back your vitality payments by storing free photo voltaic vitality (you probably have photo voltaic PV) or low cost vitality from the grid.
Powervault is a battery that’s in regards to the dimension of a dishwasher, although it’s full of pretty low cost vitality quite than soiled pots and pans. It’s a lovely piece of package and sits unobtrusively in your house. On a time-of-use tariff reminiscent of Octopus’s Agile tariff, it cleverly is aware of when electrical energy is affordable on the grid (as a result of electrical energy modifications in worth at totally different instances of the day).
When vitality’s low cost, Powervault fills itself up. When it is dearer, it shares that low cost electrical energy with the home. Simples.
We’re teaming up with Powervault to trial this lovely little slice of good vitality.
This model new collaboration seeks to search out out whether or not we are able to use the battery’s mind to warmth water extra effectively. If you wish to become involved, it is advisable be on our groundbreaking Agile tariff, a time-of-use tariff that means that you can take advantage of use of the flexibility to purchase vitality when it’s at its absolute least expensive.
Our trial is funded by the Division of Enterprise, Vitality and Industrial Technique (BEIS), which is taking a look at a method for the gradual electrification of scorching water to scale back our dependence on fossil fuels within the coming years. It’s important work.
The Committee on Local weather Change says: “Assembly future carbon budgets and the UK’s 2050 goal to scale back emissions by no less than 80% of 1990 ranges would require decreasing home emissions by no less than 3% per yr. It will require present progress to be supplemented by tougher measures.”
Get entangled…
For a analysis mission like this, we want two teams of householders:
- those that have already got the battery of their dwelling
- these with out the expertise who can subsequently act as a management group to check how a lot the expertise supplies a profit in comparison with the usual
So we’re recruiting each teams – which implies there are two methods you will get concerned within the trial:
- Be a part of the Powervault 3 battery trial by shopping for a closely discounted Powervault 3 battery (a whopping 25% off the RRP of £5k)
- Be a part of the monitoring trial as one in all our management group members, permitting us to watch your scorching water vitality prices and obtain a money reward for doing so (no Powervault 3 wanted)
The Powervault battery trial
If you wish to purchase the Powervault 3, that is what’s in it for you:
- Powervault has agreed a £1,250 low cost for any Octopus Vitality buyer who takes up this trial
- Free set up, a saving of as much as £500
- The chance to retailer photo voltaic vitality (or low cost electrical energy purchased off-peak from the grid)
- £50 credit score from Octopus Vitality in your vitality account
- Free inclusion of an Energenie good plug, linked to your electrical water heater. The good plug will flip your immersion heater within the tank on and off.And it’ll document all of the vitality you eat to take action
- You’ll get outcomes from the trial in your vitality consumption of your scorching water heater
- Your Agile breakdown offers you half-hourly outcomes in your utilization so you may see precisely the place your cash goes and the way a lot you’re saving
April UPDATE: We have now crammed all Powervault 3 group slots. You may nonetheless become involved within the monitoring trial…
The monitoring trial
If you wish to be within the management group that doesn’t have the battery, that is what’s in it for you:
- £100 as a thanks from Powervault for collaborating within the trial
- £50 credit score from Octopus Vitality in your account
- Free set up of a monitoring system, linking to your electrical water heater
- You’ll get the outcomes from the trial in your vitality consumption out of your scorching water heater
- And also you’ll get info on Octopus Vitality’s Agile tariff so as to enhance vitality consumption
This can be a tremendous restricted trial. All 10 Powervault 3 group slots at the moment are full. We will settle for 40 for the monitoring group. First come, first serve (topic to some T&Cs that we have outlined for you beneath).
Functions shut April thirtieth. As soon as this deadline passes we’ll be in contact for more information, and can let you recognize should you’ve made it into the trial.
Shifting your consumption helps a low-carbon future
Signing up for our Powervault trial means doing all of your bit in a government-funded analysis mission, investigating the influence of good water heating along with dwelling battery storage and time-of-use tariffs.
We name this form of expertise (each the battery and time-of-use tariffs) Demand Aspect Response (DSR). It’s the place the vitality you purchase and use might be shifted to a unique time of day (out of the height interval when vitality’s most costly and carbon-heavy).
Collectively, we have to shift our utilization out of peak instances to scale back pressure on the grid, and make extra of the considerable inexperienced vitality right here within the UK that always goes to waste. However with none battery storage, nobody would need to delay dinner or youngsters’s baths.
The great thing about this technique is that you just CAN transfer the time you warmth your scorching water, or use giant home equipment like dishwashers, washing machines and dryers.
Water prices hundreds to warmth, so this trial is an effective way to measure the influence of shifting vitality consumption out of peak instances.
Ensure you’re okay with these situations:
Trial members shall be selected a primary come, first serve foundation, so long as you’ve got agreed to the next situations. Functions shut April thirtieth. The trial runs for six months. You may depart the trial at any time, however it’s price ensuring you are able to do the next for the subsequent six months…
- It’s essential to have an web connection inside your own home and be prepared to maintain the monitoring units related all through the trial.
- It’s essential to preserve the monitoring gear connected to your electrical scorching water heater all through the trial.
- You need to keep on our Agile Octopus tariff for the length
- You need to keep dwelling in your own home for the subsequent six months
- It’s essential to conform to these phrases and situations.
Learn on for FAQs…
How do I get on the trial?
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Register your curiosity within the monitoring trial right here.
This shall be first-come first-served foundation so sign-up shortly to get on the record. We’ll get in contact with everybody who registers their curiosity by 14 April for additional info.
Powervault 3 set up slots have all been snapped up. We’re nonetheless accepting trial members for the management group – as soon as the April thirtieth deadline passes, we’ll be in contact to let you recognize should you’ve been profitable.
Do I would like to alter my tariff?
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Trial members might want to have a wise meter we are able to hyperlink to, and be on our Octopus Agile tariff.
Can the battery cost up on electrical energy from the grid?
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The battery might be charged both from dwelling photo voltaic PV or from grid provide.
Do I must have photo voltaic panels?
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The Powervault system is designed to retailer your extra photo voltaic vitality and make that accessible for you at evening.
However with the Octopus Agile tariff integration it’s now attainable to profit from the system with out photo voltaic panels. The payback received’t be pretty much as good because the battery is charged from low Agile costs as an alternative of free solar energy, however the system will nonetheless work and be helpful!
How lengthy will the trial final?
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This can be a six-month trial.
What occurs when the trial is full?
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Abstract knowledge on the trial shall be supplied to everybody that takes half.
In the event you’re a part of the Powervault 3 trial – on the finish of the trial, the P3 is yours to maintain.
In the event you’re a part of the monitoring trial – you may obtain £100 thank-you. The monitoring gear can both stay in your house, or we’ll take away it. As much as you!
What if I transfer home through the trial?
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In the event you’re a part of the Powervault 3 trial – the P3 cannot be moved from the home through the trial, so you may solely participate should you’re not transferring home within the subsequent six months.
In the event you’re a part of the monitoring trial – should you transfer home, or the monitoring gear is disconnected, you should still obtain the £100 incentive. Whether or not you do or not shall be decided by Powervault, based mostly on the size of time you took half earlier than you moved or your gear was disconnected.
Do I’ve to remain on the Octopus Agile tariff?
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For each trial teams (monitoring and P3) you will have to stay on the Octopus Agile tariff all through the trial. However you may swap off this tariff on the finish of the trial, which is six months from its begin.