2021-06-14: Fame! Listed in a Tweet alongside some actual #EnergyTwitter luminaries: Jenny Chase @solar_chase : How about @jojusolar @CarbonBrief @EarthOrgUK @DrSimEvans @DrJenBaker @jruddchemist @ChiefExecCCC @Jess_Shankleman @Emma__Champion @vhcuming @James_BG (Quite a random mix but all in some way relevant!)
2021-06-10: was in my first external in-person meeting (wearing a suit!) for months, so missed viewing the partial eclipse.
2021-06-01: slightly delayed by covid we had a belated Christmas today with presents from one group of relatives: I got wine, neck warmer, socks and a Christmas mug on a day where I am having to wear socks and sandals and mow grass that a cat could be lost in! The southern hemisphere Xmas Experience!
2021-05-31: according to Enphase 16WW had 100% "Energy Independence".
2021-05-21: this evening I enjoyed a beer or 4 (3 of them halves!) inside at my local Tap Room.
2021-05-20: a few days ago my daughter smashed the red one of the two 'designer' mugs that I think my dad bought for me from Woolworths when I went to uni: a 35+ year life isn't bad!
2021-05-06: no voting for me in London elections today: I have already voted by post to reduce coronavirus transmission risk. Normally I'm one of the first at the polling station.
2021-05-05: smug RE note: twice made green solar tea off grid but instead of starting with water from filter just at room temperature ~18°C used warm residue from kettle ~37°C, and instead boiling raised to 80°C as recommended for green tea. Thus halved the required lift (~40K vs ~80K) and energy input!
2021-04-12: some pleasant sunshine yesterday, then in the afternoon just after I came in a brief intense flurry of snow. This morning, on the day that the pubs can re-open outside, more snow at 8am!
2021-04-07: Britain's electricity system 'greenest ever' over Easter: Great Britain's electricity system was the greenest it had ever been at lunchtime on Easter Bank Holiday Monday, its operator has said. Sunny and windy weather, coupled with low demand for power, led to a surge in renewable sources of energy, National Grid Electricity System Operator said. It meant zero-carbon power sources made up almost 80% of Britain's power.
2021-04-06: around freezing or below this morning and likely the same tonight, but MHRV and solar gain may help as not need the central heating back on (it's sunny right now at 8am BST).
2021-04-04: ambient bird calls from the cemetery in the afternoon; gulls, jackdaws, crows:
2021-03-30: Enphase and off-grid storage managed to continue through midnight into this morning. However, my son left the microwave oven switched on when he'd finished making popcorn yesterday evening, and the clock will have wasted more energy than was saved off-grid...
2021-03-29: provisionally turned heating off entirely at noon UTC! (Though there were two special bursts of heat used in April, ~21kWh total, even though April was colder than March.
2021-03-29: Enphase energy lasted through midnight to this morning again, aided by getting my off-grid 'dump' to the router (~12W) working again.
2021-03-23: some Enphase AC Battery energy carried over midnight for the first time this year.