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Does anyone else see the irony in that the same people who kept telling us that renewables were not cost competitive are now complaining that they are making fossil fuel power commercially nonviable... as if burning coal was an end in itself?
Incidentally, looking at our washing machine and fridge, the efficiency sticker on both machines is only two stars and the consumption for these devices is stated at 91 & 464 kWh per year respectively, which works out to be 1.5kWh per day. One would assume that most people prefer to do their washing on a sunny day. One would also assume that the fridge uses a good portion of its power in summer when the sun is shining. Point being that the 1.5kWh that these appliance consume is more likely to be split 50/50 between your solar cells and batteries.
Ergo: your fridge and washing machine together will reduce your battery bank to around 90% of capacity on average. (If you install a 7kWh battery)
If you cook with gas and use solar, gas or PV-heatpump for your hot water, it should be relatively easy to live comfortably with a net-zero grid draw. I don't know what advantage their would be in doing otherwise?
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