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I agree. The more I read, the more I feel there are multiple disparate organisations, with no clearly coordinated plan of action compounded by the fac...
Agreed, however it is not so easy when replacing an oil boiler. When replacing my oil boiler I did not think to time on/off usage over a fixed period ...
Sounds a lot, but in context google tells me: National Grid is undertaking a massive, multi-billion pound upgrade to the UK electricity network to...
Having used ToU tariffs for a couple years now, I fear I'm in the minority of people who would respond favourably to financial incentives. My wife and...
@uknick No Open Energy Monitoring here I'm afraid. I do have a MID electricity meter fitted that records ASHP electrical usage (a bit like those used ...
I'm torn on this. The issue I see is that when one performs a retrofit (heat pump installation onto existing heating system), the installer often has ...
Out of interest, I've just had a look back at my radiators spreadsheet, and at a flow temp of 35C (which is as high as we are ever going to run), my l...
My heat pump is maybe 3 times oversized on paper being a 12kW unit and my heat loss to date has been around 4kW, although we do not heat the house to ...
Following on from @jamespa excellent answer(s), it really all starts with the heat loss figure. If you know the heat loss for the property (and even b...
@papahuhu Yes, a net metering tariff where import and export are the same price seems a bit of a paradox where import prices are rising at the same ti...
@Toodles Agreed. Perhaps I'm too much of a perfectionist, always trying to squeeze that last couple percent performance out of the system. However, th...
Yes, I'm guessing it was kind of easy (less costly) for them to delay until 1st March as I imagine most people are not exporting any significant amoun...
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