2 hours ago, Luckypants said:

Having generation on the doorstep seems to have no bearing. Most of Scotland has generation nearby yet they have the highest standing charges in UK. I have about 200MW windfarm 3 miles up the road, second highest standing charges in UK. Yet those places in the South with no generation nearby have very much lower standing charges. Those furthest from generation should be paying most for the grid upgrades to carry power south not the least.

Yes seems to be all about cost of local network divided by population size.

Grid and capital projects ie as Dinorwig was and Great Glen hydro, Mersey and Bristol Channel tidal will be private enterprise or central government funded i guess.

Sooner the better, should have been started a decade or more ago.

Edited 10 April10 Apr by lol-lol

I read a planning application for a £41 million investment in South Ayrshire is to benefit the local community. Well this one might to £10 million to community projects or whatever. There needs to be much more Benefit to local communities. Maybe 10% of profits to the area within 50 miles of wind farms.

"Community Projects' - they're a laugh. The local worthies get an office in the garden (now converted to a holiday let) but the ordinary locals get bugger all. We got £700 to plant daffodils approaching the village. My suggestion of free electricity for all in the 'benefit area' was laughed it by the developers but seems pretty fair to all IMO.

Electroverse and Plunge Pricing of a 25% reduction in tariff with some of the public charging providers is nice. However i am getting 50 kW charging, well 46 kW max for 55 pence a kWh. So i have had 150 miles done on my home 5.99 pence a kWh and the last 200 miles on the 55 pence tariff at a Farm Shop Public charger. I will have to charge and get maybe 10 kWh at probable 65 pence a kWh.

Getting about 3.1 -3.3 miles a kWh. 150 miles for £3.12, 350 miles £58, and 33 miles £6.50. So 533 miles for £67.62...... If Petrol getting 40 mpg, = 13.325 gallons. If £7.50 a gallon that is £99. 94 50 mpg would be 10.66 gallons, £79.95.

Windy today down south.

My 40 kwh Rebault 5 WLTP is about 190 miles. Only charged to 90%, should have gone to 95% or 100% on home charge.

Got from Worcestercto S Wales with car using more than half its state of charge ie showing 43%.

Strong SW wind. Up behind me on way home. Made it home with about 8% left.

Slightly warmer on way home, strong tail wind helped.

As usual I think bottom part od SoC display seems to get used slower than upper half.

Thought I would try and test the R5 around and below the 0% SoC but still have to do that to see if rhe 40 keh battery had anything like the 46 kms past 0% the 52 KWh showed.

Edited 11 April11 Apr by lol-lol

Current sort of comparison. 350 miles paying 75 pence a kWh @ 3.5 miles a kWh requires 100 kWh = £75.

350 miles in a diesel getting 40 mpg is 8.75 gallons. 185 pence a litre / £8.41 a gallon. = £73.60

Obviously there can be cheaper or more expensive charging and better efficiency just as there can be cheaper or more expensive petrol or diesel and better or worse MPG,s.

(Ignoring home or workplace charging as many will not be getting that on trips away. Just maybe for their first battery charge up.)

Edited 3 May3 May by Evolution13