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Scalextrix
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Joined: Sep 26, 2024
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Topics: 6 / Replies: 114
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RE: Electricity price predictions

I agree and that makes sense, but if our grid usage has reduced from ~36 GW to ~30GW, dont we have ~6GW of existing infrastructure going spare already...

4 weeks ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

I think what's interesting is that the expected cost of wholesale electric will drop, but due to infrastructure costs, prices will rise, this is an in...

4 weeks ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

@jamespa it's a question of the right tool for the right job. Bog standard house (for it's era) with a few well documented changes = the standard he...

2 months ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

@jamespa I can relate to your experience somewhat, though not so extreme with my own home. In my own planning for a heat pump, I got a weather stati...

2 months ago
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

Hi All, I'm Steve and I have been hanging out on the forums for a while; its been a great resource. I have been into renewables and energy transitio...

2 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

Curiously this rarely gets raised with thermal generation plants as a concern. In a warming world river levels are already under strain. France has...

2 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

Might free up some of that power currently flowing North/South though?

2 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

East Anglia grid strengthening should bring a decent amount of wind, solar, interconnects and (if it ever gets finished) nuclear to the Cambridge side...

2 months ago
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RE: Electricity price predictions

As far as I can tell it's not really infrastructure upgrades to cope with renewables or recent CfDs that are driving the costs. It's more the legacy...

2 months ago
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RE: Battery storage to run Heat Pump.

@transparent Eleven Energy have a full Sodium-ion system with inverter, no recommendations

2 months ago
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RE: Battery storage to run Heat Pump.

@toodles I think it's true that battery storage probably is a bit of a hard sell on ROI alone. The glimmer perhaps with Sodium-ion batteries is perh...

2 months ago
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RE: Repiping and Reconfiguring our Heat Pump System Including Removing the Buffer Tank - Heat Pump Retrofix

Yes, but the nuance in part comes also from the huge range of types of ages, constructions, and quality of buildings in the UK. Im just going throug...

3 months ago
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