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RE: Air Source Heat Pump Policies – MCS Planning Standards

I've responded to this consultation. In particular Q 51 invites a free-form response on heat pump installation (albeit being quite vague about which a...

12 months ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Why Your MCS-Certified Installer Might Not Be As Competent As You Think

I thought I'd chip in with some musings by Richard Erskine (of "Insulate Britain! Yes, but by how much?" fame/infamy) from 9th March 2022 where he bel...

12 months ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Anyone installed a 12kw Samsung gen7 that is 0.07 over the permitted development rules?

Were you able to find (comprehensive) performance numbers for the Arotherm Plus heat pumps? The best I could find was the technical data from the inst...

1 year ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Electricity price predictions

What did the supplier promise to the consumer? Cheaper rate from midnight (local time)? This division of the day into 48 buckets with a deterministic ...

1 year ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: National Grid consultation on upgrading etc

Vehicle-to-grid or vehicle-to-load as mandatory for new EVs and chargers? 🙂 At the very least the more wealthy (those with EVs and their own chargin...

1 year ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Electricity price predictions

Sorry about my side-tracking. Isn't this the crux of the issue of why energy companies do not upload tariffs into the smart meter? The smart meter wou...

1 year ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: In pictures: South America's 'lithium fields' reveal the dark side of our electric future.

The article fails to put lithium extraction in context with the environmental impact of human activity as a whole, as well as the benefit gained from ...

1 year ago
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Renewable-powered transport (EVs & e-bikes)
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RE: Electricity price predictions

Culture of secrecy and denial? Lack of oversight over a complex project handling large amounts of money? Where have I heard this before? The...

1 year ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Boiler tax set to be scrapped by the Energy Secretary

Should we expect any better? They're a government weathervane.

1 year ago
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Government Schemes, Regulations, Planning & Organisations
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RE: Solar battery size- advice please!

The VAT notice applies to installers only. How to account for VAT if you’re a contractor or subcontractor installing energy-saving materials and g...

1 year ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Electricity price predictions

When dealing with distributed systems thinking about ground truth is a good guide. In this case the IHD is the problem; it tries to merge together loc...

1 year ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Electricity price predictions

Good to hear! I interpreted "commands" as more dynamic signals coming from the electricity supplier to allow short-notice demand-side response. I...

1 year ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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