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Transparent
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If there's a member/customer of Which? who is reading this, please log in to Which? and use the Blue Tab at the top of your screen to send Feedback to the Author of the article, Tom Morgan.

Give them the URL for this site.

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Posted by: @transparent

If there's a member/customer of Which? who is reading this, please log in to Which? and use the Blue Tab at the top of your screen to send Feedback to the Author of the article, Tom Morgan.

Give them the URL for this site.

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Yes and no.

The vaunted blue tab seems to no longer exist. I would suggest the best way of sending feedback is via the editorial email address of feedback@which.co.uk and quoting the article.

 


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Mitsubishi Ecodan 8.5 kW air source heat pump
18 x 360W solar panels
1 x 6 kW GroWatt battery and SPH5000 inverter
1 x Myenergi Zappi
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I don't know how accurate this is?

Anyone here invest in Ripple? 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/12/solar-farm-forced-to-shut-derril-water-biggest-grid-overload-fears



   
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@jeff Haven’t read behind the pay wall but, yes as a Ripple Investor the Derril Water Solar Park has been a disaster since the start. It should have gone into production a full year back but with numerous (I think, possibly) avoidable delays, production did not commence until earlier this year - promptly curtailed within weeks! I am not confident that this project has been handled as well as it might have been at all. I did report some time ago under the thread Solar Energy - No Thanks. Rewardless, Toodles.
 
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@transparent Thanks very much for setting up the link. Toodles.


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Posted by: @toodles
@jeff Haven’t read behind the pay wall but, yes as a Ripple Investor the Derril Water Solar Park has been a disaster since the start. It should have gone into production a full year back but with numerous (I think, possibly) avoidable delays, production did not commence until earlier this year - promptly curtailed within weeks! I am not confident that this project has been handled as well as it might have been at all. I did report some time ago under the thread Solar Energy - No Thanks. Rewardless, Toodles.
 
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Minimise the paywall window and you can read the article. 

You can read anything on the guardian for free, it is optional. 

 



   
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@toodles @jeff

So I guess the question is: does someone, who has carefully constructed a scheme which protecs themselves from risk, gain anyway, or is this just an unfortunate conjunction of unlikely circumstances?  


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4kW peak of solar PV since 2011; EV and a 1930s house which has been partially renovated to improve its efficiency. 7kW Vaillant heat pump.


   
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Posted by: @majordennisbloodnok

The vaunted blue tab seems to no longer exist. I would suggest the best way of sending feedback is via the editorial email address of feedback@which.co.uk and quoting the article.

The tab shows after a few secs. I tried to reach them including with the chat. 

It would be useful to get some info on the survey and focus group.

Some of the suggested solutions they added to the consumer opinions make me smile.. but to be fair, they do not say MCS is enough, they just advise to confirm the installer is MCS registered..

My advice for anyone asking about paying for a HeatPump with BUS is to not underestimate the effort and time involved. Corners cut on the journey can easily lead to a system more expensive to run than gas..

 


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the question is: does someone, who has carefully constructed a scheme which protecs themselves from risk, gain anyway, or is this just an unfortunate conjunction of unlikely circumstances?  

Are you talking about the Guardian financial support scheme, or the Derril Water solar plant?

 

If it's about Derril Water, can we please comment on the Solar Energy - No Thanks topic.

There are Councillors in the West Country following that topic, and I can add more detail there. Thanks.


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Posted by: @transparent

Posted by: @jamespa

the question is: does someone, who has carefully constructed a scheme which protecs themselves from risk, gain anyway, or is this just an unfortunate conjunction of unlikely circumstances?  

Are you talking about the Guardian financial support scheme, or the Derril Water solar plant?

 

If it's about Derril Water, can we please comment on the Solar Energy - No Thanks topic.

There are Councillors in the West Country following that topic, and I can add more detail there. Thanks.

the Derril Water solar plant?

I will cross-post.

 


4kW peak of solar PV since 2011; EV and a 1930s house which has been partially renovated to improve its efficiency. 7kW Vaillant heat pump.


   
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Be interesting if this results in any wider changes to the rollout of renewables in the UK.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/13/lawyers-to-investigate-claims-of-gb-power-grid-cover-up-over-blackout-risk



   
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