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Absolutely agree, insulation while allowing for some ventilation is ideally the first step. There's also a bit of a sales spin in these announcement...
So going back to the original topic, a reliable and easy to use battery system is going to use lifepo4 cells. The best price point is likely to be w...
Agree with James' and Judith's comments. Personally I find that current batteries make it simpler and cheaper to "shift" electricity produced or bou...
Yes, I did see more standalone 72V packs a year or so ago but most were combined battery+inverter. Water under the bridge.. All else being equal, 2...
A lot to go through.. While I cannot advise on UFH, etc, I could not stop noticing your plan to install more PV. I would look carefully at the ROI. ...
Thanks for clarifying it. Clearly there are always many factors to consider, but if your LCOE is 8p, that is still higher than the 7.5p overnight no h...
That does not make sense.. I am curious about how much you export and at what rate? And the same for imports. Unless I am missing out on and there...
🤨 That´s how we use it. Like @bash , I think wind will provide plenty of leccy to go around overnight and the utilities will not have any r...
Hopefully export rates hold out during peak times. Future export rates, etc was my reason for cutting all the MCS costs... For PV, I had a quote for...
The EV tariff is very competitive and simple to use. @majordennisbloodnok example is however very common. When the expansion of energy storage is to...
I can see the carbon tax, etc being able to keep some battery production within the region, otherwise the countries that can overlook our typical conc...
That makes sense, I plan to replace our extractor fans with Heat Recovery fans as they start to pack up..
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