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RE: Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)

Hi Batalto, I'm afraid it's not quite as simple as that. In the area where I live, 5GW of coal fired generating capacity has been shutdown over the ...

4 years ago
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Wood Burners, Biomass, Small Scale, Biofuels & Other Heating Alternatives
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RE: Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)

Hi Julian, I obviously didn't make my point clearly. By purchasing allegedly green electric, does not actually produce any green electric. The provi...

4 years ago
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Wood Burners, Biomass, Small Scale, Biofuels & Other Heating Alternatives
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RE: Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)

Hi Julian, I'm afraid that the grid is not being propped up by gas when the wind doesn't blow, the majority of generation is provided by gas on most...

4 years ago
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Wood Burners, Biomass, Small Scale, Biofuels & Other Heating Alternatives
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RE: Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)

Hi Julian, You are correct that V2G will go some way to help balance the grid, but where is the energy to charge the EV's to come from? At lowest de...

4 years ago
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Wood Burners, Biomass, Small Scale, Biofuels & Other Heating Alternatives
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RE: Ombudsman (UtilitiesADR) question - what to do if the respondent isn't abiding to the ombudsman's decision?

Hi Mars, Nil kWh is the daily standing charge whether you use 'Nil' kWh or more than Nil. I think that you will find that the 3100 kWh of electricit...

4 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)

Hi Julian, Whilst you are be commended for doing your bit to reduce your carbon emissions, I would question that any electricity provider can actual...

4 years ago
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Wood Burners, Biomass, Small Scale, Biofuels & Other Heating Alternatives
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RE: Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)

Hi @prjohn I suppose this article highlights a problem that has been coming for some time. I can vaguely remember when electricity generation in t...

4 years ago
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Wood Burners, Biomass, Small Scale, Biofuels & Other Heating Alternatives
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

Hi @rusty I don't know for certain, since I haven't seen it stated in any of the manuals, but I suspect that the compressor motor, and probably also...

4 years ago
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Introductions, Forum Rules & Updates
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RE: Thinking of ASHP install

@majordennisbloodnok Even if Rob was able to receive all the benefits that you managed to achieve, he would still struggle to equal his present fue...

4 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Thinking of ASHP install

Hi @majordennisbloodnok I'm afraid I was performing my usual role of Devil's advocate. You can correct me if I am wrong, but what it would appear...

4 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Thinking of ASHP install

Hi Rob, Welcome to the forum. If you want my honest opinion, if you are on mains gas then stick with it, otherwise you will be spending a large am...

4 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Help with ashp

So if I am understanding correctly, you moved the wireless controller, then the system did not work correctly, so you removed the batteries from the w...

4 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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