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Whilst I wouldn't want a wind turbine in my garden, I'd love to be able to see some, preferably quite close. They seem to me to be one of the more ev...
@jeff Thanks for that clarification. As we don't have anything else it seems that day ahead price is currently all we can go on but health warning...
OK but that's market forces not minimum wage and of course we don't have info on what German sparkies are actuay paid. So from the three things you ...
Er, according to this/p> The min wage for roofers and electricians in Germany (the trades that are involved in fitting solar panels) is EUR14-16, ab...
Er that's true of boilers also, except the long term costs are 100% guaranteed certain and manifest themselves as climate change. Heating, it seems...
No to both so far as I can see, The wholesale price was pretty constant during this period so its doesnt appear to have anything to do with generation...
The following chart (from Ofgem) shows the wholesale electricity price and adds strongly to the proposition that the steady increase in retail prices ...
Here is a chart showing the ratio of prices (per kWh) since 2011, based on ONS data here Make of this what you may, but its clear that, du...
Assuming you have a smart meter and given you have a Vaillant you should be able to get 15p/kWh for your heat pump consumption from OVO. As I have an...
I think I can agree with that as long as it stays in the ground until needed. We dont want to be held to ransom unnecessarily by some foreign power an...
I can accept that to an extent, there is, after all, scope for disagreement over what is 'right'. What I cant accept is that telling the truth has b...
... easier still is to find a scapegoat and blame all woes on them/that. You don't even have to criticise, just parrot peoples concerns and then sa...
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The video in the link mentions a direction arrow, which...
By Singlespeed , 46 minutes ago
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RE: Cooling/heating with one unit
@rob-of-york thank you. Hadn't occurred to me that some...
By mrkfm , 4 hours ago
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
Posted by: @editor I think we should make that approa...
By Rob of York , 9 hours ago
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RE: Does anyone have experience of a smart water meter?
My neighbour received an email from Anglian Water sayin...
By AndrewJ , 10 hours ago
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables
Well the military is well known for going green, isn't ...
By Majordennisbloodnok , 12 hours ago
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
I've ripped out over 11kw of storage and panel heaters ...
By Singlespeed , 12 hours ago
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RE: Safety study for plug in batteries out to tender - looks like Q3 2027 at best before legal
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By EtchedPixels , 20 hours ago
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RE: Air-to-Air Heat Pumps & Air Conditioning: UK Heating and Cooling Q&A
I hope it's not the same people who make the awful TV s...
By EtchedPixels , 20 hours ago
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RE: Replacing Storage Heaters with a Heat Pump in a Stone Cottage
I found some interesting data about the price of heat p...
By Rob of York , 1 day ago
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RE: PV and battery long payback - sense check query
Thanks for all the comments. I finally got to the bott...
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RE: Indevolt Batteries UK Support & Info Thread
People following this thread who are hoping that plug i...
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RE: Passiv Smart Thermostat - Help & Forum Support
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
just had Vaillant over to service the HP and asked abou...
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RE: tepeo ZEB UK Support & Info Thread
OK so ZEB is basically a variant on a storage heater, b...
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