Sunday, January 18, 2015

Energy Storage at Home : Already Saved 120 EUR in 6 Months with my DIYESS :)

As I announced few weeks ago, after 6 months of logging Home Generation and Usage on the EnergyHive online platform through my Wattson unit and their Gateway, it mentions that I already saved 120 EUR :)


This online portal, free of use, is gathering my Generation from Solar Panels + Energy Storage System and Power Usage; The price per kWh purchased from the Utility company can be entered and is used to calculate the savings over time, for power not used from them, but replaced by Solar or Stored Energy



Since June 2014 I have been logging my Power (Generated & Used) every 3 seconds and being on vacation for 4 weeks during this period, my ESS turned off, it has been roughly 6 mois; So I can see that I saved almost 20 EUR per month, which is not bad with my small 1.2kWp Solar Install

Almost all the Energy produced by Solar and the ESS is used at Home, thanks to the automated ESS charging and discharging capability





As I am writing this post today, after few weeks, the total savings (of data logged, not before) is now up to nearly 137 EUR



and I recently updated the Utility price per kWh as it just increased as of January 1st

As Electricity price will continue to increase, it is a good thing to be able to save all along the way ....



More info on my DIY Energy Storage System here : http://www.diyesskit.com or http://www.storeyourenergy.com


2013 Nissan LEAF Motor Unit Disassembly

Very interesting video I had in my Watch Later List on Youtube ...

See how the main drive train components are tied together very snuggly under the hood of the second generation LEAF


"A video on taking apart the three components of a 2013 Nissan Leaf motor unit. Some other information / projects on my website : siliconproductions.com"

The EV Show - January 2015 - EV West

Michael Bream and his host Eric Hutchison presented the second episode of the EV Show early January, as promised ...
I think this second one was more interesting than the first one, check it out !



"In this episode of the EV Show, Eric Hutchison and Michael Bream host video segments including an introduction to the Electric Ferrari project, an introduction to the Ural Motorcycle project, a technical segment on brake transducers by Jehu Garcia, a Formula E Uruguay recap, an aftermarket ChaDeMo fast charge solution by Tony Williams, Project of the Month winner Al Swackhammer and his Auto Union conversion, a Porsche G50 transaxle in a Ferrari 308, digitizing an Alfa Romeo bell housing with a Faro Arm CMM, dual HPEVS AC76 by Matt Hauber, E-Stopp electric emergency brake by John Rosselli, ZEVA products from Australia, InLogis EV Surge Protector and upcoming EV Show events for 2015. More information at EVShow.com and EVWest.com"



More on this 1978 Ferrai 308 conversion to Electric Drive : http://www.electricgt.com


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