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Guides for homes with solar, batteries, EVs, and heat pumps.
Practical guides to Octopus tariff conflicts, battery behaviour, and whole-home coordination — written for homeowners, not engineers.
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How much solar can UK homes lose to EV and battery conflicts?
Most UK solar + battery + EV homeowners assume their system works well. A worked example of what a common setup may lose — and why no dashboard shows it clearly.
Read guideHeat pump + battery + EV: why a smart tariff alone is not enough
Why smart tariffs alone do not coordinate heat pumps, batteries and EVs in one UK home, and where whole-home visibility helps.
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Octopus Go vs Intelligent Go: which is better with a home battery?
Both are cheap for EV charging. For battery homes, the choice has consequences beyond unit rate. An honest comparison of how each tariff behaves.
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