British Gas Smart Meter Solar Panels

On the other hand some of the energy providers that do have smart meters compatible with solar panels include edf energy british gas first utility ovo energy utilita bulb and octopus.

British gas smart meter solar panels.

British gas has installed four million smart meters more than any other provider but began to install them in homes with solar panels only in may. Hive a british gas innovation smart products heating smart meters fault detection security. A spokesman said this was because of a display. Two of britain s biggest.

It means nearly a million households in britain with solar panels on their homes could face billing chaos or being excluded from the government s roll out of smart meters. As a part of a plan to push the country towards being more environmental the uk government is working on an initiative to install a smart meter in every willing home and business by 2020. Will a smart meter work in my home and record the energy created by my solar panels. Solar photovoltaic pv panels convert energy from the sun into electricity.

Direct sunlight is ideal but panels also work on cloudy days. Sse says it s able to install but advises its customers to wait until technical constraints are resolved. One such example is e on. Rebecca rutt of this is money replies.

Eon and npower are not yet installing smart meters for customers with solar pv. How do smart meters work. When coupled with solar panels a smart meter can save you a substantial amount of money on your energy bills and there s nothing sexier than savings. British gas is a signatory to the smart metering installation code of practice smicop which has been approved by ofgem.

Energy guides smart meters find the energy tariff for you get a quote. The electricity is sent along cables to a power inverter where it s converted from direct current dc to alternating current ac.