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Energy explained

What is the average energy bill in the UK?

As homeowners and tenants, you might want to find out how much you could be paying for your gas and electricity bills.

David Sykes

Head of Data Science

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Flexibility & smart energy

Meet Phil Steele, our Future Technologies Evangelist

With Phil’s help, Octopus Energy are building the smart energy system of the future, today.

Eugene Costello

Journalist-in-Residence

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Green

Meet Energy Local, a new UK energy venture keeping small-scale green generation within the community

We’re partnering up with Energy Local to help small green energy generators to directly power homes in the neighbourhood at far cheaper rates. Here’s how we’re helping small generators go off-the-grid (kind of) to build the roots of a truly decentralised community energy network.

Phil Steele

Future Technologies Evangelist

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Your car could act as a giant battery to power your home

We’re trialling this tech now with our groundbreaking Powerloop bundle, one of the world’s first mass domestic V2G projects, and the most cutting-edge work being done by Nissan in this field. Click here to read about Nissan’s work with this technology.

Eugene Costello

Journalist-in-Residence

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Energy explained

Energy for beginners: how does energy get to your home?

We're so used to energy being there when we want it, we often forget how it reaches us.

Chris Roper

Writer

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Energy explained

What happens during your switch

For you, it should be fast, simple, and convenient. For us… well, we like doing the complex stuff so you don’t have to.

Chris Roper

Writer

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Flexibility & smart energy

Making Octopus accessible for everyone

We audited our website to see if we were providing all of our visitors and customers with an easy and enjoyable experience

Ashley Firth

Head of Front-end development

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Our community

Spotlight on... Ashley Firth, Head of Front-end Development

I'm a front-end developer, which means I take all the designs and user journeys and ensure they're consistent and good-looking for everyone, no matter what device or browser you're using.

Chris Roper

Writer

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8 cost-free ways to save electricity

Here is a list of 8 things you can do to cut down on electricity usage, and the best news is they won’t cost you a thing.

Chris Roper

Writer

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Green

Learn Solar #1: How much solar power do we receive?

The sun is an explosive and fiery ball of starpower – but just how much of that power reaches the earth?

Chris Roper

Writer

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Green

Learn Solar #2: Solar panels – how we capture sunlight

We explore different solar panels, their efficiency, where to put them, and how many you'd need to power your home.

Chris Roper

Writer

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Green

Learn Solar #3: How to store sunlight (and other renewables)

In the third and final part of our Learn Solar series, we investigate both existing and emerging solutions to storing solar energy.

Chris Roper

Writer

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What is the average energy bill in the UK?

Meet Phil Steele, our Future Technologies Evangelist

Meet Energy Local, a new UK energy venture keeping small-scale green generation within the community

Your car could act as a giant battery to power your home

Energy for beginners: how does energy get to your home?

What happens during your switch

Making Octopus accessible for everyone

Spotlight on... Ashley Firth, Head of Front-end Development

8 cost-free ways to save electricity

Learn Solar #1: How much solar power do we receive?

Learn Solar #2: Solar panels – how we capture sunlight

Learn Solar #3: How to store sunlight (and other renewables)