A home battery is a perfect companion to your solar installation, and this video details 5 reasons why :-) Gary Does Solar Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GaryDoesSolar Gary Does Solar modelling utility: https://garydoessolar.com/utilities/dailymodellingutility/ Octopus Flux video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8d1iqnhuek EMBER Global energy mix chart and forecast: https://ember-climate.org/insights/research/global-electricity-review-2023/ Agile price plunges on energy-stats.uk: https://dashboards.energy-stats.uk/d/5cZqqmf4z/user-dashboard?orgId=1&from=1671904336668&to=1689263602724&viewPanel=18&var-area_name=Southern_England Agile Octopus video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbUDGbnHHBE UK National Grid demand flexibility service: https://www.nationalgrideso.com/electricity-explained/electricity-and-me/esos-demand-flexibility-service Octopus Saving Sessions summary report: https://www.current-news.co.uk/octopuss-saving-sessions-displace-almost-2gwh-of-electricity-demand/ SolarEdge demand flexibility scheme: https://marketing.solaredge.com/dfs-programme Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:33 Daily Usage Consumption vs Solar Generation 2:16 Level 1 - Load Shifting 6:01 Level 2 - Time of Use Tariffs 12:26 Level 3 - Plunge Pricing 16:01 Level 4 - Demand Flexibility Schemes 19:30 Level 5 - Virtual Power Plants 21:30 Summary If you're getting a lot from my videos, and would like to support me in my efforts to help everyone, here are a few ways to do this: 1. I've not long started a Patreon account, which gives you access to the "pro" editions of my tools: https://www.patreon.com/GaryDoesSolar 2. If you're thinking of switching energy supplier to Octopus Energy. If you call them and give them my referral code ("blue-wind-201") and my name ("Gary Waite") and we'll both get a £50 credit to our accounts as a result! https://share.octopus.energy/blue-wind-201 3. You could https://www.buymeacoffee.com/GaryDoesSolar :-) For business enquiries: Email: me@garydoessolar.com (Please note: despite my channel name, I don't provide, nor consult on, solar installations) (c) 2023 Gary Does Solar. All rights reserved. DISCLAIMER Whilst every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the content in this video, no warranty for that content is provided, nor should it be implied. Viewers acting on the content, do so at their own risk. #solar #battery #vpp