PowerBase Energy Advice · 8 min read · Updated April 2025 It's a fair question, and one worth answering honestly. Home batteries have had a lot of hype behind them over the past few years - and with that comes a fair amount of overselling. The truth is that a battery is worth it for many UK households, but not all of them, and the difference...
Read MorePowerBase Energy Advice · 7 min read · Updated April 2025 A home battery doesn't generate electricity - it changes when you use it. And in the UK right now, that timing difference is worth a surprising amount of money. Exactly how much depends on your tariff, your usage habits, and how well your system is managed. This guide walks through the...
Read MorePowerBase Energy Advice · 8 min read · Updated April 2025 If you've been looking into home batteries, you've probably seen numbers like "5 kWh" or "10 kWh" thrown around - and wondered what they actually mean for your home. The short answer is that bigger isn't always better. A battery that's oversized sits half-empty most of the time; one...
Read MoreTheir reason, in their own words: the "cost of energy." Not talent. Not technology. Energy. This is a company valued at $852 billion. One of the most capitalised organisations in the history of tech. And it looked at UK energy costs and said: not yet.
Read MorePOWERBASE.ENERGY · CONSUMER GUIDE Published April 2026 · 7 min read Over 70% of UK homes now have a smart meter - but plenty of people still aren't sure whether they actually help, who qualifies for one, and what the new rules mean for them. This guide cuts through the marketing and gives you the facts, including the bits the energy companies...
Read MoreA plain-English guide to decoding the charges, codes, and confusing layout of your UK energy bill - and why it matters more than you think. Most people look at their energy bill for about ten seconds before putting it down. Not because they don't care - but because it genuinely doesn't make sense. A wall of numbers, codes, abbreviations, and line...
Read MoreWhat the Ofgem Back-Billing rules actually say - and how to challenge a catch-up bill that isn't fair There's a specific kind of dread that comes with opening an energy bill and seeing a number that bears no resemblance to what you were expecting. Not a small discrepancy - a genuinely alarming figure, accompanied by a letter explaining that your...
Read MoreWhat estimated meter readings actually cost you - and how to stop paying for energy you haven't used You open your energy bill, and something feels off. It's higher than last month, but you haven't changed anything about how you live. Same appliances, same habits, same house. So why is the number creeping
Read MorePowerBase Energy | April 2025 | 5 min read Tags: Energy · Battery Technology · Clean Energy · Solar In the world of energy storage, size has always been a compromise. More capacity meant more space, more weight, more cost. That trade-off is about to be fundamentally rewritten.
Read MorePowerBase Energy | April 2025 | 5 min read Tags: Battery Technology · Energy Storage · Solar Energy · Clean Tech Everyone's talking about the batteries of the future. Solid-state. Lithium-sulphur. Sodium-ion. But the most consequential battery upgrade happening right now might be to the one already sitting inside your phone, your EV, and your...
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