Export or Feed-in tariffs are becoming less and less lucrative right across the world. Find out why in this video.

If you'd like to support my channel and live in the UK, feel free to use my Octopus Energy referral code: https://share.octopus.energy/blue-win...

Links to resources mentioned in the video:

California Distributed Generation Statistics:
https://www.californiadgstats.ca.gov/...

Effect of NEM 3.0 on New Solar Installations in California:
https://calmatters.org/environment/cl...

Gridcog Charts Showing UK Duck Curve Forming:
https://www.gridcog.com/blog/the-duck...

Octopus Energy’s Agile Tariff:
   • Agile Octopus - A Smart Tariff For Th...  

Energy Stats UK:
https://energy-stats.uk

Are Solar Diverters No Longer Worth It?
   • Are Solar Diverters No Longer Worth It?  

Falling Battery Prices:
   • Home Battery Prices Are Falling!  

Tim & Kat’s Green Walk: How I electrified our towel rails:
   • How I electrified our towel rails  

Chapters:

0:00 Intro
0:41 UK Export Rates
0:59 NEM - California
3:21 Net Load and the Duck Curve
4:52 Grid Management
5:50 A UK Duck Curve?
8:17 Energy Stats UK
9:16 Declining Export Rates
9:57 Mitigation Against Exporting
10:21 Self-Consumption
12:54 Energy Shifting
14:34 Virtual Power Plant (VPP)
16:12 Summary

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