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Posted by @justin However, there are a couple of other things that should be considered: The system must be for heating purposes only.PD excludes sy...
Posted by: @jamespa I suppose it could be a noise argument? That's right, you can have a wind turbine (subject to restrictions) as permitted deve...
Posted by: @temperature_gradient I'd argue the core problem is that currently the 'Boiler Upgrade Scheme' doesn't do what it says on the tin, it ca...
@ltron2 The EPC on our house is A-92, however that is because we have a 6.6kW of solar PV on a south-facing roof. Without the solar, it is C-77, so...
@ltron2 We currently have a gas boiler for hot water and central heating complemented by an Air-to-Air (A2A) system that provides very efficient he...
Posted by: @paul1098 I have just been thru' my heat loss calcs and realised that I hadn't revised it for the double glazing we added. I've also rev...
@paul1098 As you have no pipework or radiators present, and the house is not occupied that many weeks per year, it would be well worth looking into...
It's interesting that Norway with a much colder climate than the UK has the most heat pumps per 1000 households of any European country, at 632 in 202...
Posted by: @agentgeorge I have 2 Inverters in my system, one for PV, the other for the battery pack. Again it was advice from PV installer to not u...
Posted by: @agentgeorge The restriction on how much you can export is set by the DNO and you need the G99 to export above 3.6kW per phase, which ha...
Playing some what-if games with the numbers. If the Govt. were to remove all of the levies from electricity unit prices, i.e. a 4.2p reduction, and ga...
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