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Solar Energy - No Thanks.

Toodles · 2026-05-26T16:46:26Z

Any readers with an interest in Solar Farm generation in North Devon may be interested in this announcement I have received from The Derril Water team. ” We are writing to inform you of an unexpected electricity grid issue that requires Derril Water Solar Park and other renewable generators in North Devon to shut down. We have been notified by the electricity Distribution Network Operator that they are constraining Derril Water Solar Park and other generators in North Devon to prevent potential network overloads. The problem has been triggered by works being carried out at the Transmission Network sub-station at Alverdiscott near Barnstaple. The constraint is unexpected and has been enforced on our solar park and other generators in North Devon with no warning. The information we have so far from the Network Operators is the curtailment may remain in place through the summer until early September.” Regrets, Toodles.

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Topic starter 18/07/2026 11:22 am

@transparent I wonder, how many heads might you be able to knock together at once?😉 Toodles.

Toodles, heats his home with cold draughts and cooks food with magnets.

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18/07/2026 12:50 pm

The generator (Derril Water Solar Farm) should have a contract with the grid operator for transmission. If the grid operator is unable to fulfil their contractual obligations around transmission for whatever reason, then the generator will be entitled to compensation for their financial losses, commonly known as constraints or curtailment payments as the grid operator is in breech of contract.

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Samsung 12kW gen6 ASHP with 50L volumiser and all new large radiators. 7.2kWp solar (south facing), Tesla PW3 (13.5kW)
Solar generation completely offsets ASHP usage annually. We no longer burn ~1600L of kerosene annually.

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