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I took a trip to London and spent the day at the Octopus Energy Tech Summit 2025. There were celebrity guests including Colonel Chris Hadfield, Professor Brian Cox, Sir Stephen Fry, Professor Hannah Fry, and Damon Hill. Lots of nice free food and drink and thousands of people crammed into the most pink auditorium ever. I met up with a few friends too - Tim from @TimAndKatsGreenWalk Andrew Till @MrEV and Sarah Go Green @sarahgogreen (https://x.com/sarah_go_green / https://www.tiktok.com/@sarah_go_green ). @OctopusEnergy made a big announcement teaming up with BYD to launch a consumer-friendly V2G (vehicle to grid) offering combing a BYD Dolphin with a bi-directional charger and free charging for the duration of your lease. If you're interested in a solar, battery or heat pump installation from Octopus Energy then please use my referral link below and we'll both get a £100 digital VISA card once your installation is complete: 🐙 https://speaktothegeek.co.uk/octopusheatpump Or if they ask for a referral code, please quote: 95376 Sign up to Octopus Energy here using my referral link (we both get £50 credit if you do): 🐙 https://speaktothegeek.co.uk/energy 🐙 Or quote the referral code: crisp-moth-619 Buy me a coffee: 💚 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/speaktothegeek 💚 https://paypal.me/speaktothegeek Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC25zb7Sojh4KUv5CsFYH-6Q/join Or join as a patron: https://patreon.com/SpeaktotheGeek As an Amazon Associate and member of the eBay Partner Network I earn from qualifying purchases. Most links above are affiliate links and I may earn a small commission from any purchases you make if you use them.
Octopus Energy Tech Summit 2025 - V2G for All!
Forecast.Solar, Solcast and Open-Meteo are put head-to-head against each other to find out which solar PV forecast integration gives you the most consistently accurate results. Tim & Kat’s Green Walk channel @TimAndKatsGreenWalk https://www.youtube.com/@TimAndKatsGreenWalk If you're interested in a solar, battery or heat pump installation from Octopus Energy then please use my referral link below and we'll both get a £100 digital VISA card once your installation is complete: 🐙 https://speaktothegeek.co.uk/octopusheatpump Or if they ask for a referral code, please quote: 95376 Sign up to Octopus Energy here using my referral link (we both get £50 credit if you do): 🐙 https://speaktothegeek.co.uk/energy 🐙 Or quote the referral code: crisp-moth-619 HA Solcast PV Solar Forecast Integration https://github.com/BJReplay/ha-solcast-solar HA Open-Meteo Solar Forecast Integration https://github.com/rany2/ha-open-meteo-solar-forecast Buy me a coffee: 💚 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/speaktothegeek 💚 https://paypal.me/speaktothegeek Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC25zb7Sojh4KUv5CsFYH-6Q/join Or join as a patron: https://patreon.com/SpeaktotheGeek As an Amazon Associate and member of the eBay Partner Network I earn from qualifying purchases. Most links above are affiliate links and I may earn a small commission from any purchases you make if you use them.
Best Home Assistant Solar Forecast? I Tested 3 Integrations!
Do you have a home battery? Have you ever had a power cut and wondered why, despite having a home battery, your lights didn’t stay on? It doesn’t make sense right!? You have a battery, shouldn’t that keep your home powered when there’s a blackout? In this video I’ll explain why that isn’t the case for most battery installations, and what you might be able to do to fix that. If you're interested in a solar, battery or heat pump installation from Octopus Energy then please use my referral link below and we'll both get a £100 digital VISA card once your installation is complete: 🐙 https://speaktothegeek.co.uk/octopusheatpump Or if they ask for a referral code, please quote: 95376 Sign up to Octopus Energy here using my referral link (we both get £50 credit if you do): 🐙 https://speaktothegeek.co.uk/energy 🐙 Or quote the referral code: crisp-moth-619 Buy me a coffee: 💚 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/speaktothegeek 💚 https://paypal.me/speaktothegeek Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC25zb7Sojh4KUv5CsFYH-6Q/join Or join as a patron: https://patreon.com/SpeaktotheGeek As an Amazon Associate and member of the eBay Partner Network I earn from qualifying purchases. Most links above are affiliate links and I may earn a small commission from any purchases you make if you use them.
Why Your Home Battery Won't Work in a Blackout (and How to Fix It)
After driving an MG4 SE for a year, let’s go over what we think about it. I’ll talk about the good, the bad and the crazy! Old Faulty Corsa-e Video: https://youtu.be/C0exz-essoA MG4 Nottingham Roadtrip: https://youtu.be/QXyUozituFk Buy me a coffee: 💚 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/speaktothegeek 💚 https://paypal.me/speaktothegeek Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC25zb7Sojh4KUv5CsFYH-6Q/join Or join as a patron: https://patreon.com/SpeaktotheGeek As an Amazon Associate and member of the eBay Partner Network I earn from qualifying purchases. Most links above are affiliate links and I may earn a small commission from any purchases you make if you use them.
MG4 EV After 1 Year - Love It, But Here’s the Crazy Truth!
You’ve finally got all of your new toys connected to Home Assistant - you’ve automated your battery to respond to your solar and your heat pump can keep your home at sauna levels of warmth, but why does your dashboard look pants?! Well worry no more and watch this video for some inspiration on cards and integrations that you can use to create the ultimate green tech dashboard. Full article with configuration examples here: https://www.speaktothegeek.co.uk/2025/05/ultimate-green-tech-dashboard/ Buy me a coffee: 💚 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/speaktothegeek 💚 https://paypal.me/speaktothegeek Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC25zb7Sojh4KUv5CsFYH-6Q/join Or join as a patron: https://patreon.com/SpeaktotheGeek Sign up to Octopus Energy here using my referral link (we both get £50 credit if you do): 🐙 https://speaktothegeek.co.uk/energy 🐙 Or quote the referral code: crisp-moth-619 If you're interested in a heat pump from Octopus Energy then please use my referral link below and we'll both get a £100 digital VISA card once your installation is complete: 🐙 https://speaktothegeek.co.uk/octopusheatpump Or if they ask for a referral code, please quote: 95376 Components used in this video: ————————————————- HACS: https://hacs.xyz ApexCharts Card by RomRider: https://github.com/RomRider/apexcharts-card Solcast PV Solar Forecast Integration by BJReplay: https://github.com/BJReplay/ha-solcast-solar Power Flow Card Plus by flixlix: https://github.com/flixlix/power-flow-card-plus Ultra Vehicle Card by WJDDesigns: https://github.com/WJDDesigns/Ultra-Vehicle-Card Octopus Energy Integration by BottlecapDave: https://github.com/BottlecapDave/HomeAssistant-OctopusEnergy Sankey Chart Card by MindFreeze: https://github.com/MindFreeze/ha-sankey-chart Stack in Card by RomRider: https://github.com/custom-cards/stack-in-card Mushroom Cards by piitaya: https://github.com/piitaya/lovelace-mushroom Card Mod by thomasloven: https://github.com/thomasloven/lovelace-card-mod HA Rainbow Generator: https://ha.labtool.pl As an Amazon Associate and member of the eBay Partner Network I earn from qualifying purchases. Most links above are affiliate links and I may earn a small commission from any purchases you make if you use them.
I Built the Ultimate Green Tech Dashboard for Home Assistant – Here's How!
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I took a trip to London and spent the day at the Octopus Energy Tech Summit 2025. There were celebrity guests including Colonel Chris Hadfield, Professor Brian Cox, Sir Stephen Fry, Professor Hannah Fry, and Damon Hill. Lots of nice free food and drink and thousands of people crammed into the most pink auditorium ever. I met up with a few friends too - Tim from @TimAndKatsGreenWalk Andrew Till @MrEV and Sarah Go Green @sarahgogreen (https://x.com/sarah_go_green / https://www.tiktok.com/@sarah_go_green ). @OctopusEnergy made a big announcement teaming up with BYD to launch a consumer-friendly V2G (vehicle to grid) offering combing a BYD Dolphin with a bi-directional charger and free charging for the duration of your lease. If you're interested in a solar, battery or heat pump installation from Octopus Energy then please use my referral link below and we'll both get a £100 digital VISA card once your installation is complete: 🐙 https://speaktothegeek.co.uk/octopusheatpump Or if they ask for a referral code, please quote: 95376 Sign up to Octopus Energy here using my referral link (we both get £50 credit if you do): 🐙 https://speaktothegeek.co.uk/energy 🐙 Or quote the referral code: crisp-moth-619 Buy me a coffee: 💚 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/speaktothegeek 💚 https://paypal.me/speaktothegeek Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC25zb7Sojh4KUv5CsFYH-6Q/join Or join as a patron: https://patreon.com/SpeaktotheGeek As an Amazon Associate and member of the eBay Partner Network I earn from qualifying purchases. Most links above are affiliate links and I may earn a small commission from any purchases you make if you use them.
Octopus Energy Tech Summit 2025 - V2G for All!
Forecast.Solar, Solcast and Open-Meteo are put head-to-head against each other to find out which solar PV forecast integration gives you the most consistently accurate results. Tim & Kat’s Green Walk channel @TimAndKatsGreenWalk https://www.youtube.com/@TimAndKatsGreenWalk If you're interested in a solar, battery or heat pump installation from Octopus Energy then please use my referral link below and we'll both get a £100 digital VISA card once your installation is complete: 🐙 https://speaktothegeek.co.uk/octopusheatpump Or if they ask for a referral code, please quote: 95376 Sign up to Octopus Energy here using my referral link (we both get £50 credit if you do): 🐙 https://speaktothegeek.co.uk/energy 🐙 Or quote the referral code: crisp-moth-619 HA Solcast PV Solar Forecast Integration https://github.com/BJReplay/ha-solcast-solar HA Open-Meteo Solar Forecast Integration https://github.com/rany2/ha-open-meteo-solar-forecast Buy me a coffee: 💚 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/speaktothegeek 💚 https://paypal.me/speaktothegeek Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC25zb7Sojh4KUv5CsFYH-6Q/join Or join as a patron: https://patreon.com/SpeaktotheGeek As an Amazon Associate and member of the eBay Partner Network I earn from qualifying purchases. Most links above are affiliate links and I may earn a small commission from any purchases you make if you use them.
Best Home Assistant Solar Forecast? I Tested 3 Integrations!
Do you have a home battery? Have you ever had a power cut and wondered why, despite having a home battery, your lights didn’t stay on? It doesn’t make sense right!? You have a battery, shouldn’t that keep your home powered when there’s a blackout? In this video I’ll explain why that isn’t the case for most battery installations, and what you might be able to do to fix that. If you're interested in a solar, battery or heat pump installation from Octopus Energy then please use my referral link below and we'll both get a £100 digital VISA card once your installation is complete: 🐙 https://speaktothegeek.co.uk/octopusheatpump Or if they ask for a referral code, please quote: 95376 Sign up to Octopus Energy here using my referral link (we both get £50 credit if you do): 🐙 https://speaktothegeek.co.uk/energy 🐙 Or quote the referral code: crisp-moth-619 Buy me a coffee: 💚 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/speaktothegeek 💚 https://paypal.me/speaktothegeek Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC25zb7Sojh4KUv5CsFYH-6Q/join Or join as a patron: https://patreon.com/SpeaktotheGeek As an Amazon Associate and member of the eBay Partner Network I earn from qualifying purchases. Most links above are affiliate links and I may earn a small commission from any purchases you make if you use them.
Why Your Home Battery Won't Work in a Blackout (and How to Fix It)
After driving an MG4 SE for a year, let’s go over what we think about it. I’ll talk about the good, the bad and the crazy! Old Faulty Corsa-e Video: https://youtu.be/C0exz-essoA MG4 Nottingham Roadtrip: https://youtu.be/QXyUozituFk Buy me a coffee: 💚 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/speaktothegeek 💚 https://paypal.me/speaktothegeek Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC25zb7Sojh4KUv5CsFYH-6Q/join Or join as a patron: https://patreon.com/SpeaktotheGeek As an Amazon Associate and member of the eBay Partner Network I earn from qualifying purchases. Most links above are affiliate links and I may earn a small commission from any purchases you make if you use them.
MG4 EV After 1 Year - Love It, But Here’s the Crazy Truth!
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I took a trip to London and spent the day at the Octopus Energy Tech Summit 2025. There were celebrity guests including Colonel Chris Hadfield, Professor Brian Cox, Sir Stephen Fry, Professor Hannah Fry, and Damon Hill. Lots of nice free food and drink and thousands of people crammed into the most pink auditorium ever. I met up with a few friends too - Tim from @TimAndKatsGreenWalk Andrew Till @MrEV and Sarah Go Green @sarahgogreen (https://x.com/sarah_go_green / https://www.tiktok.com/@sarah_go_green ). @OctopusEnergy made a big announcement teaming up with BYD to launch a consumer-friendly V2G (vehicle to grid) offering combing a BYD Dolphin with a bi-directional charger and free charging for the duration of your lease. If you're interested in a solar, battery or heat pump installation from Octopus Energy then please use my referral link below and we'll both get a £100 digital VISA card once your installation is complete: 🐙 https://speaktothegeek.co.uk/octopusheatpump Or if they ask for a referral code, please quote: 95376 Sign up to Octopus Energy here using my referral link (we both get £50 credit if you do): 🐙 https://speaktothegeek.co.uk/energy 🐙 Or quote the referral code: crisp-moth-619 Buy me a coffee: 💚 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/speaktothegeek 💚 https://paypal.me/speaktothegeek Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC25zb7Sojh4KUv5CsFYH-6Q/join Or join as a patron: https://patreon.com/SpeaktotheGeek As an Amazon Associate and member of the eBay Partner Network I earn from qualifying purchases. Most links above are affiliate links and I may earn a small commission from any purchases you make if you use them.
Octopus Energy Tech Summit 2025 - V2G for All!
Forecast.Solar, Solcast and Open-Meteo are put head-to-head against each other to find out which solar PV forecast integration gives you the most consistently accurate results. Tim & Kat’s Green Walk channel @TimAndKatsGreenWalk https://www.youtube.com/@TimAndKatsGreenWalk If you're interested in a solar, battery or heat pump installation from Octopus Energy then please use my referral link below and we'll both get a £100 digital VISA card once your installation is complete: 🐙 https://speaktothegeek.co.uk/octopusheatpump Or if they ask for a referral code, please quote: 95376 Sign up to Octopus Energy here using my referral link (we both get £50 credit if you do): 🐙 https://speaktothegeek.co.uk/energy 🐙 Or quote the referral code: crisp-moth-619 HA Solcast PV Solar Forecast Integration https://github.com/BJReplay/ha-solcast-solar HA Open-Meteo Solar Forecast Integration https://github.com/rany2/ha-open-meteo-solar-forecast Buy me a coffee: 💚 https://www.buymeacoffee.com/speaktothegeek 💚 https://paypal.me/speaktothegeek Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC25zb7Sojh4KUv5CsFYH-6Q/join Or join as a patron: https://patreon.com/SpeaktotheGeek As an Amazon Associate and member of the eBay Partner Network I earn from qualifying purchases. Most links above are affiliate links and I may earn a small commission from any purchases you make if you use them.
Best Home Assistant Solar Forecast? I Tested 3 Integrations!
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May 23rd, 2023

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