Last seen: Dec 4, 2025
@scalextrix The more interesting energy news today being Norwegian hydro plants reservoirs are low and they may run into problems unless it rains r...
@transparent The only reason my DNO knows of these is because National Grid's Area Manager is sufficiently interested that she came and had a look.......
@tim441 I will need to give some thought to protect the hole with mesh.... perhaps expanding mesh used by builders. Either galvanised or stainless ...
This depends on the size of your wood burner and size/type of house. If your house is a tad leaky, stoves labelled 5kw and below don't need direct air...
@rikiarn It's a not a buffer it's a volumiser which is not the same thing. It helps keep the system on its toes during defrosts in the winter, for exa...
To make things clear, lots of insurance companies cover heat pumps, some dinosaurs will not, a few have been known to waffle on about 'units in the ga...
Have a read of my previous posts on so-called Balcony Solar (there’s a sum up of the state of play in my older post just above my post today). There’s...
And we have it: DESNZ are now investigating the feasibility of balcony solar. Good start but please ignore some of the utterly stupid comments ("we...
The first press reporting is out Here's a brief synopsis from Spanish media: The big Blackout El Apagón: "The government is blaming Red Eléctrica...
A small FACTUAL update (which echoes what 'my' expert said about frequency oscillations elsewhere in Europe -see my post above). Note there are no c...
Oh my……. American Enterprise Institute another fossil fuel-funded lobby .... And sure enough their ‘solution’ (last sentence) is nuclear and gas ‘for ...
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