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Something worth mentioning is that some turbines come under permitted development so don’t need planning permission as long as these conditions are me...
@transparent Yes, was definitely a professional install using a company called SWTCo Ltd who are specialists in installing and repairing wind turbines...
@toodles I knew exactly what I was buying and did my research.
@editor It was expensive. It cost around £4k for planning fees and consultants, £38k for the turbine (including concrete, cabling, inverter etc) an...
@editor This is very true. I looked at all sorts of new and different technologies. But the best option by far (and typically only one available) w...
We’ve had our SD6 turbine for six weeks now. Typically, the first couple of weeks were unusually placid so did not generate a huge amount of energy...
@misterb Thank you. As the installers are all on board with the batteries, I’m going to stick with the Sunsynk ones. Due to the layout of our house an...
@chickenbig Thanks for the tip, but I’m happy to go with the Sunsynk batteries as I know they will work with the inverter and give us flexibility. We ...
I thought I’d give an update on where we now are with this. Planning took an age, partly as it was a huge learning curve for the officials at the c...
@cathoderay You’d be surprised at how often machine learning is now being used in real life. Sectors including manufacturing, healthcare, financial se...
@heacol That sounds fascinating and best of luck with it. Have you approached any of the manufacturers for funding?
@sapper117 I completely agree with you on that. It seems like us, you have switched from LPG to an ASHP and it really makes sense. For those switch...
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