My personal motivation for our solar install was self-consumption. The excess export I see as a bonus so I'm happy to gift that to those that can benefit from it. We've therefore launched this octopus.energy/solar-sharing/

For the past couple of years, I've been working on an 'extra-curricular' project to write a popular science-style book about #manufacturing. The motivation is summed up in the video below. This book will be published in February 2025 (pre-order via linktr.ee/yourlifeismanu…).

31% drop in my projected pension over the last 6 months, explained by USS as 'reverse inflation', when the scheme outperformed liability by 10.8% p/a over 5 years to 2024, and has a £9bn surplus. What the fresh? Martin Lewis Pensions Ombudsman Heriot-Watt University The University of Edinburgh

Just read through my Hazlehead Academy School Reports for S1 to S3 (1989-1991) and don't know whether to laugh or cry. This is a howler though...

Lovely Yuletide treat from Octopus Energy 2 hour Power Up on Christmas Eve and 3 hour Power Up on Christmas Day. Hope it wasn't an Ebenezer Scrooge style dream as I soaked up a whopping 156kWh of #FreeElectricity Good to see the smart meter readings working!🐙😎

Just checked the last six months of half-hourly smart meter data to ensure my Octopus Energy billing is correct; which it is. w00t Philip Steele Benefitted from a whopping 618kWh (£166) of free/powerup electricity over this period. That's over 2,000 EV miles. Cheers! #FutureGrid

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Some hares 'playing' at Loch Leven National Nature Reserve under an almost full Worm Moon & sunset. Hello BBC Springwatch Visit Loch Leven NatureScot RSPB RSPB Scotland Jeremy Squire Chris Packham Hannah Stitfall Julie McDonald

First day of 2025 popping past 100kWh solar generation. Octopus Energy Home Energy Scotland ☀️😎🐙

Sadly, there's a dead swan at the gate in to Classlochie Farm on the Visit Loch Leven trail. I have submitted the exact location and details on the Defra UK website. cc Jeremy Squire Julie McDonald RSPB Scotland NatureScot RSPB

Hello EE are your 7 day Euro roaming passes based on 7 calendar days or 7 x 24 hours? i.e. If I bought one now would it be active until this time on Friday next week or until midnight on Thursday?

Can’t work out how to get the free hour of charging today between 2pm-3pm without my batteries filling up and house running off the grid too. Ideas? Octopus Energy Rachael 🏳️‍🌈 Sarah Go Green💚

Absolutely shocked and appalled Škoda UK insisting on me driving one hour on a motorway with two young children in a car that's broken down twice in less than a week, instead of recovering it to the dealer. Downright dangerous. Manufacturer defect as well. THINK! Road Safety Health and Safety Executive

42 day fitness challenge for Sophie, who was with us for just 42 days, and who would have been ten years old today. Please share! Little Hearts Matter British Heart Foundation PICU dot SCOT NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Fife Colin Begg elizabeth anne kelly justgiving.com/page/squatsand…

Hello EE do I *REALLY* need to downgrade my broadband from 1.6 Gbps to 900 Mbps in order to get EE TV? I can't handle the truth!