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@diverted-energy well let's hope not, the only glimmer of hope in the Iran situation is Iran is an ally of China, and China heavily relies on oil from...
@editor we are in the window for OFGEM price cap calculation for July-September, so if Trump's estimate of action is 4-5 weeks then that will almost c...
@bash I don't understand your point, or why you are making it. To me, these things are about long term average, not cherry picking a few bad days in ...
@batpred I think we must be having different conversations. I self consumed ~50% of my annual solar generation before the heat pump. Based on the 8...
@bash for me solar is a guaranteed payback, irrelevant of export. Increasing demand with the heat pump, just increases solar self consumption and mak...
@majordennisbloodnok I agree, for me the calculation is simple; solar PV is cheap, reliable, and guarantees a payback - it's the gateway drug of the e...
Solar PV is the way to collapse that spark gap, my solar install LCOE is 8p/kWh and the heat pump is using a lot of that. I haven't enough data to an...
Or in areas where there is curtailment of renewables because the transmission network needs upgrading, suck up that energy close to source. Of cours...
@jeff I hope some of that huge gas investment is to pay Centrica to store gas in Rough, otherwise the UK is at risk of running out of gas, say if a Ru...
LOL To be fair, Reform de la Mancha "policy" if it can really be called that, seems to change almost weekly (keeps them in the news cycle). As such...
@jeff to be honest I'd forgotten that they adjust for the quarterly updates, so that's good news. I don't know how they run Tracker, but I would thi...
@jeff I'm on Octopus Tracker, recent price range has been 12.44 to 26.45p/kWh. I suppose the average rate has been around 21.5p. If price cap gets ...
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RE: Octopus Cosy Heat Pump Owners & Discussion Thread
@agentgeorge no idea if they’ve made changes, but I got...
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RE: Who do I complain to about a poor ECO4 installation, can anyone advise?
@wesleyp1874 if you are on Facebook there is a Grant un...
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RE: Rate the quality of your heat pump design and installation
@josej, this is exactly where the industry keeps trippi...
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself
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Ordering up the materials to install another 5 panels o...
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RE: MCS Quality Audit – Has Anyone Had One? Did It Lead to Remediation?
So under part G or the G3 rules you have a responsibili...
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I intend to replace the Plex pipework in the area of my...
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RE: Electricity price predictions
Mention on the news about Octopus and one or two other ...
By Toodles , 7 hours ago
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RE: Air-to-air heat pumps - best models and installers
Are you creating a whole new category for A2A?
By ASHP-BOBBA , 16 hours ago
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RE: A2A vs A2W: Which Heat Pump Would You Pick?
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RE: Can anyone explain the following behaviour with a Grant Aerona 3 R30 / Smart Controller?
Final Update. Yesterday, I was going through the moti...
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RE: How much can an east/west solar solar system be oversized?
Best performance occurs with PV string near inverter no...
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RE: Forum updates, announcements & issues
Thank you Mars for all your dedication to improvements;...
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RE: Selling 2 x Kensa Shoebox 7kw GSHP (New)
Hi Jain, we’ve got an ashp so I’m afraid we won’t be yo...
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No buffer or low loss header Grant controller in sens...
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RE: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?
That's an amazing job to get all that in there! A truly...
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RE: Anyone concerned about GivEnergy?
Thanks for your advice - I'll keep trying with the inst...
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RE: Plug and play solar. Thoughts?
I am also yet to find a case where an installation that...
By Batpred , 2 days ago
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RE: British Gas vs Octopus Energy vs Heat Geek vs EDF vs Aira vs OVO vs EON.Next vs Boxt
This is what I got from OVO. At least it was quick.. ...
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RE: IVT greenline HT Plus E - Circulation Pump Constantly On
Welcome to the forums. Irrespective of which brand yo...
By Mars , 3 days ago
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RE: 7.5kW Heat Loss, But Quoted a 10kW Midea. No Re-Pipe, No Buffer Tank. Does This Add Up?
Oh, how I love these old scientists!I'm in with your 5 ...
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RE: Jokes and fun posts about heat pumps and renewables
@jamespa Someone who is not easily phased I suppose.
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