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My understanding is that anything that is able to export and wired as such is in scope of the G standards. I was probably lucky and my DNO is UKPN....
I have to say I found the Heat Geek website very user-friendly, and it’s reassuring to know that they are actively vetting the installers in their net...
@etchedpixels A more open EPC process would be another game changer, making installs more straightforward in terms of paperwork. I say this since...
Thanks, that clarifies your goal, which seems to be very common. Clearly the V2G and V2H terms are not used consistently across the utility and mot...
Thank you for sharing all the details. Oil is the obvious one needing quicker replacement given the price hikes and the gov is hiking the BUS grant ...
When getting estimates from the likes of Octopus and Heat Geek, the assumption is any cylinder could be kept. Do you mean the practice after the su...
Are you suggesting heating dhw using the immersion heaters? Regarding flexible pipe around the cylinder, I am curious as to what is the reason for hav...
@etchedpixels Doing the a2w in advance of panic is what I managed to get to. We had a few boiler failures and plumbers advising to get a new boiler....
It does not sound impossible to me (if it is replacing a system boiler), but the barriers to that MCS lite would have to be lowered.. Like if it could...
@etchedpixels Technically whether it is grid tied or grid forming may be a good way to view it. It seems the regulation point of view is a better...
Also not bad in terms of duration, showing that in case of a failure of a heatpump, a new one can be swapped into position in a few days..
A2A is clearly having much interest these days! If I understood right, James is putting forward ideas to enable a decarbonised alternative to a ver...
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