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RE: Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)

To address COP, the data I’ve used for our property is on compressor consumption - the actual amount of electricity we drew from the grid to run the h...

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)

January 3, 2022

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)

@julianc, I think that electrification has to be the end goal, and I completely get your point about burning HVO (or any other biofuel) for home heati...

4 years ago
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RE: Ombudsman (UtilitiesADR) question - what to do if the respondent isn't abiding to the ombudsman's decision?

In the attached document, what does nil kWk mean (when looking at electricity tariffs) and why is the tariff calculated by dividing the sum of money b...

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

The carbon emissions factor is from the government's Standard Assessment Procedure for Energy Rating of Dwellings (SAP 10.2) I don't profess to be a...

4 years ago
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RE: Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)

@prjohn, energy costs are worrying – I'll read this article tonight when I get a chance. Everything these days is politicised.

4 years ago
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RE: Weather compensation and air source heat pumps

The bivalent controls on our heat pump don't allow us to run the boiler on weather compensation which is a pity. When we get off the HVO trial, we'll ...

4 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Share your electricity bills

@kev-m, that's very satisfactory. That would have been around £76 this time last year with Symbio. But still very good.

4 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Electricity price predictions

@kev-m, that’s scary. I’m genuinely concerned about the rising cost of electricity. Running a heat pump is electricity intensive and it’s not the same...

4 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Share your electricity bills

@kev-m, what was your heat pump usage in December?

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

@julianc, thank you for your honest comments. As you know we are extremely pro heat pumps and renewables, but consumers need more options. Many of you...

4 years ago
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RE: Hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO)

We’ve been running our air source heat pump alongside our boiler that’s been using HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) since December and we’ve crunched ...

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