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Octopus Energy and a housebuilder have entered into a partnership to roll out the UK’s first homes to guarantee residents Zero Energy Bills. The construction of the properties was first announced in February of this year but now it has been revealed that Octopus Energy will be providing a bespoke tariff as part of the project.
These homes will come equipped with an air source heat pump, solar panels and battery storage technology. Alternatively they could also be additionally “powered by wind turbines and bio-methane powered CHP for district heating systems. Either way Octopus gets embedded power supplies with zero capital costs.
These energy efficient technologies will combine to provide “free”, clean energy around the clock, with Octopus Energy providing a tariff specifically for those living there. Octopus will also sell on the ‘surplus’ [over and above any battery storage] electricity so generated to its customers – as low cost power – thus averaging down their cost of electricity into the bargain
How many of the homes
There is no real limit to numbers in this important ‘marriage’ of construction and Energy partnership, just the finance and will power to encourage such schemes as ‘normal’.
Many of these homes will be “zero-carbon (dioxide)” in operation, meaning they can generate their own sources of energy {heating, Hot Water and Electricity], helping to reduce emissions produced by ‘normal’ domestic utilities such as electricity and heating. These concepts can also be extended to Commercial and Industrial properties.