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Curiously this rarely gets raised with thermal generation plants as a concern. In a warming world river levels are already under strain. France has...
Might free up some of that power currently flowing North/South though?
East Anglia grid strengthening should bring a decent amount of wind, solar, interconnects and (if it ever gets finished) nuclear to the Cambridge side...
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...
@transparent Eleven Energy have a full Sodium-ion system with inverter, no recommendations
@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...
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...
@transparent I love the depiction of chaos, keep up the good work. I suppose a firewall that leaves one HP remaining operational would also be "educ...
This is spot on, we felt and feel the same. We are not even a month in and so far it all seems good but we both can't wait to get to March without p...
@toodles thanks for the info, that's good. Really this process needs to be a lot clearer for consumers. After all, what is dangerous about leaving...
I recently asked my energy supplier Octopus about gas meter removal and they sent me a form to complete. The form explained meter removal, and that t...
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RE: Heat pump branding. Clever, contemporary… or a bit too much?
I think Heat Geek have done an amazing job on their bra...
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RE: HeatGeek vs Octopus surveys: puzzling disparity - any ideas why?
I have just had 3 heat loss surveys, one by heat geek o...
By David , 4 hours ago
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RE: Heat Geek Zero Disrupt: Are We Sleepwalking Into Another Race to the Bottom?
I think that's the key question. After all inverter uni...
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RE: battery storage without solar
As of October 1st they need specific qualifications to ...
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RE: How should the Boiler Upgrade Scheme be reformed?
A unit which uses water to transfer the heat/chill from...
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RE: Renewables & Heat Pumps in the News
With regards to the BUS grant raid, I gave it more thou...
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RE: Why are ASHP installs so expensive?
The whole system seems to work on the basis of...
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RE: Missing flow temperature in Heat Geek proposal
Good plan. If you can get half hourly meter readings a...
By JamesPa , 13 hours ago
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RE: Heat Pumps Without Grants: Would You Have Installed One & Will You Now?
@editor Most certainly. The heat pump was an ideal s...
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Although regulations may well vary from country to coun...
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RE: Does anyone have experience of a smart water meter?
Yep I caught our slow leak from a £100 bill rise 8)
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RE: Do You Need a Buffer Tank or Low Loss Header for Underfloor Heating in a Large Property?
@jamespa in some cases, failing the Turing test might b...
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RE: Passiv Smart Thermostat - Help & Forum Support
@energystoragetech The heat capacity of some...
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RE: tepeo ZEB UK Support & Info Thread
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