good graph. u can see that inventory draws are for real this time, it is not just risk being prices like in the beginning of the year. the shortage might be for real this time around.
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From the start of 2026 through the morning of Aug. 27, Russian forces fired at least 1,858 missiles of various types at Ukraine.
That figure alone, however, fails to show the whole picture.
Having a really hot summer in France and very few clouds for weeks, I thought I’d do a little experiment with my beginner’s plug-in solar equipment.
The idea was to change my habits every week and to see how effective my two panels could be at offsetting my house’s power draw from the grid.
The gist of it is that by merely having my equipment and a small garden, I could avoid drawing almost a third; and by optimizing panels placement, erase two thirds of my weekly electricity usage.
I’ll be adding my notes further down.
The solar equipment that I have is
2x 400 W panels
1x micro inverter with two 400 W solar inputs, also one battery connection and one grid connection, each of which can sustain 600 W in both directions at the same time, and maximum 800 W combined to the grid
1x battery with 1 kWh capacity, 1200 W charging rate from the grid and 1800 W output rate (or 2400 W in short bursts)
supports for the panels so that they can be placed on the ground,
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Plug-in solar in an urban setting
Having a really hot summer in France and very few clouds for weeks, I thought I’d do a little experiment with my beginner’s plug-in solar equipment.
The idea was to change my habits every week and to see how effective my two panels could be at offsetting my house’s power draw from the grid.
The gist of it is that by merely having my equipment and a small garden, I could avoid drawing almost a third; and by optimizing panels placement, erase two thirds of my weekly electricity usage.
I’ll be adding my notes further down.
The solar equipment that I have is
2x 400 W panels
1x micro inverter with two 400 W solar inputs, also one battery connection and one grid connection, each of which can sustain 600 W in both directions at the same time, and maximum 800 W combined to the grid
1x battery with 1 kWh capacity, 1200 W charging rate from the grid and 1800 W output rate (or 2400 W in short bursts)
supports for the panels so that they can be placed on the ground, oriented and tilted towards the sun
The house also has a water/air heat pump (but no air conditioning) that cycles every now and then to keep the water at temperature. It is responsible for perhaps half of the remaining power draw at the best of times (August 11).
Appliances in the house: ventilation system, fridge, freezer. The house draws 110-280 W depending what appliances wake up.
As far as using the kitchen this August: I usually took eggs and coffee in the morning, a pot or two of tea during the day, then cooking that required sustained boiling water in the evening. Lunch didn’t require using the kitchen.
Disclaimer: I’m not an electrician, but I have an understanding of the concepts involved and my place is up to code.
# Some statistics about why this experiment
In France, our grid is mostly (two thirds) nuclear powered with a lot of hydro (10%) to fill the gaps, and then the usual suspects with wind (9%) and solar (6%), according to ElectricityMaps [1].
Because #diesel is used for many freight & delivery networks, higher diesel prices mean higher #transportation costs for a long list of everyday goods. More expensive #fuel is increasing #bills for businesses across sectors—some of which have already passed off costs to consumers in the form of added fees on online orders & packages in the mail. And shoppers may see more & more sticker shock trickle into store shelves.
#Diesel hit a new record price in the #US on Friday, soaring to an average of $5.85 a gallon for the first time ever as the 6-month-long #war with #Iran continues to disrupt the world’s flow of #fuel.
On the last day of summer in Kyiv, the city’s residents, young and old, made the most of the hot weather by sunbathing on the sandy banks of the Dnipro River, even as dozens of drones were being shot down overhead.
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I’ve been running the computer (desktop with two screens) all day from the solar battery as well as the router, the freezer and every little thing where the socket is easily accessible, and I’ve been routing enough electricity to the grid to cancel out the rest of the house’s needs
I’ve also cooked eggs this morning, made coffee once and a full teapot twice today, first because I wanted to, and also to help keep the battery from being full too soon
The entire time, the box fuse was telling me it’s drawing nothing from the grid
I’ve done my best to use all the energy from my two measly solar panels today, and I’m sorry to say that I could not do it. There are still 2h of good sun and the battery is already full.
Tomorrow will make a full week since I started my little experiment and it’s going really well
Hashtag “don’t draw from the grid if you can help it, it’s worth it despite not being a smart financial move”
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I’ve been running the computer (desktop with two screens) all day from the solar battery as well as the router, the freezer and every little thing where the socket is easily accessible, and I’ve been routing enough electricity to the grid to cancel out the rest of the house’s needs
I’ve also cooked eggs this morning, made coffee once and a full teapot twice today, first because I wanted to, and also to help keep the battery from being full too soon
The entire time, the box fuse was telling me it’s drawing nothing from the grid
I’ve done my best to use all the energy from my two measly solar panels today, and I’m sorry to say that I could not do it. There are still 2h of good sun and the battery is already full.
Tomorrow will make a full week since I started my little experiment and it’s going really well
Hashtag “don’t draw from the grid if you can help it, it’s worth it despite not being a smart financial move”
A top #Iran national security official delivered a sweeping set of demands on Saturday that he said the #US must meet before the #StraitOfHormuz can reopen to maritime traffic, throwing the fate of the critical #trade waterway into question.
Europe desperately needs an energy storage revolution. As the region gets rocked by the third energy crisis in four years, the continent's insufficient
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