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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

@Daniel, welcome to the forums – we look forward to hearing about your experiences and answering any questions.

3 years ago
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Introductions, Forum Rules & Updates
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

@abefroman, welcome to the forums. Please feel free to start a new thread for your property and set up, where you can ask specific questions.

3 years ago
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Introductions, Forum Rules & Updates
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RE: Electricity price predictions

@allyfish, weird as the cap freeze was supposed to be in place until the end of March – has this been revised/lifted and I missed it?

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

There wouldn't enough HVO for that – there's not enough to fully switch all rural, kerosene-burning homes to HVO in the UK.

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

@julianc, I did the maths last winter when we were running HVO and CO2 emissions were consistently lower than the heat pump on most days. I'm a massiv...

3 years ago
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Wood Burners, Biomass, Small Scale, Biofuels & Other Heating Alternatives
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RE: Electricity price predictions

We received an email from E.ON today saying: "Ofgem recently announced that due to rising costs the energy price cap will go up in January. The govern...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: New Features

@oswiu, I'm happy to look into that. Stickies are semi-helpful and many people miss them when searching for answers on the forums. I'd be quite inte...

3 years ago
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Introductions, Forum Rules & Updates
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RE: Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)

@mjr, most of us are on 100% green tariffs, and it's just an exercise in buying tokens by the energy provider, which will not guarantee less gas usage...

3 years ago
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Wood Burners, Biomass, Small Scale, Biofuels & Other Heating Alternatives
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RE: Accessing and analysing data from your heat pump

That’s an excellent idea.

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)

@mjr, no one’s saying they should remain on kerosene or HVO forever. There are plenty of homes that can’t afford £12,000 or more on a heat pump. BUS o...

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

The production volume of vegetable oil in the 2021/2022 crop year exceeded 200 million metric tons worldwide (that's 200,000,000,000 litres). The bulk...

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

@mjr and @julianc, we must look at the bigger picture. For starters, not everyone can afford a heat pump. There are about 1.7 million rural homes in t...

3 years ago
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Wood Burners, Biomass, Small Scale, Biofuels & Other Heating Alternatives
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