All Octopus electricity tariffs are 100% green, backed by Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin ‘REGO’ certificates. These certificates ensure that every electron of energy we buy is an electron that has come from a renewable source, yet we are not actually generating the energy ourselves.

Through the years, we’ve also worked with fantastic green generators to buy their power, from the smallest dedicated community energy projects to large scale solar farms capable of powering hundreds of thousands of homes.

By investing in the Fan Club turbines, we cut the supply chain, forging deep connections between our customers and the green energy that powers them.

The electricity market in the UK is settled each half hour, meaning every day there are 48 settlement periods. By matching your consumption with the generation of your local Fan, we are able to calculate your savings based on how and when you are using electricity in your home.

Your discount is then applied as a credit to your energy account each month.

To join Octopus Fan Club, you'll need a SMETS2 or Secure-branded SMETS1 smart meter that we can receive half-hourly consumption data from (this is so we can compare your data to the half-hourly generation data from the turbine to calculate your discounts!).

If you don't already have a suitable smart meter, then let us know and we can install one for you at no extra cost.

Unfortunately, the Octopus Fan Club does not work alongside smart tariffs, as it is in itself a smart product. This means that in order to join the Octopus Fan Club, you will need to be on a standard fixed or flexible tariff. If at any point you would like to switch to a smart tariff, that's no problem at all, but you will no longer have access to Octopus Fan Club benefits.

We're taking a crucial step towards redesigning a smart energy system and empowering our customers to shift their electricity use away from peak times. We want to be able to give customers more information about their energy use through smart metering and peak and off-peak pricing.

Even when the fans aren't spinning on a very still, calm summer's day, we can use our smart tech to harness when they do spin and capture this energy so that people's homes and businesses can eventually be optimised to automatically use the greenest electricity at the best times.

Turbines usually start turning in light winds, from about 3 metres per second. That’s around 6 miles per hour - the speed of a gentle jog! Additionally, there is only a limited number of hours throughout the year that you'll find the fans sitting still.

We work closely with the communities the Fan Club turbines are turning in. Through educating local school children on renewable energy, investing in local community funds, or powering local homes and businesses.

If you are interested in hearing more, get in touch at octopusfanclub@octopus.energy.

The average wind speed in some areas is higher than in others, which means that they are not the same between the Fan Clubs. To make sure all our Fan Club customers are getting the same level of discounts, we had to establish different thresholds for the 50% discounts, allowing all of the communities an equal opportunity for maximum savings!

The Octopus Fan Club is operated by Octopus Energy Group and is not a regulated financial services product, service, investment or activity.