Did solar panels and batteries save us money on our December energy bill?

Did solar panels and batteries save us money on our December energy bill?

Regular viewers will know that we’ve been living with electric radiators in our ‘new’ house. These are very expensive to run. I had two choices: replace them and get a heat pump, or get solar panels and batteries. I chose the latter. Was that right?

I run through the figures from December 2025 and see how much we spent and saved.

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Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
02:29 – December’s costs
06:11 – Electric radiators
09:32 – AlphaESS data
13:52 – EV charging cost
17:57 – Freezing batteries
18:53 – Am I happy?


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