That massive spike of 50c/kWh at the left looks tiny compared to today even though that’s already insanely expensive

  • Linssiili@sopuli.xyz
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    10 months ago

    Well, here (in middle of finland) the sun set at 14:30, so there wasn’t all that much solar energy available.

    Also heat pumps are always at least as efficient as straight electric heating.

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      10 months ago

      It think above -20C or so, cold weather heat pumps are still way more efficient than resistive electric heating.

      Good R-factor insulation is probably the most important upgrade in OP’s case. There are people where I live in the Northeast who heat their homes almost exclusively with the waste heat from cooking, electronics or old incandescent lighting. They have like R-30+ homes and really neat ventilation designs for cooling in the summer too.

      I had plans to build a tiny home with Vacuum insulated panels and a small marine stove for heat, until we had a child and plans changed.

      Now I’m looking at a solar battery setup with geothermal heat pump that will probably cost nearly what the whole tiny home was gonna be.