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@cathoderay My Enphase microinverters and control gear plus Tesla Gateway are part of the IOT family, as are my Amazon Echo units, our washing machine...
@knukes Ah! Cosy Octopus looks like a good choice - I’ll be looking into that - I think it may be just what I am looking for! Regards, Toodles
@sapper117 Oh yes to much of the above, ‘Steady Eddy’ I think is the best policy, we have good insulation (1930’s semi with an EPC of ‘B’, we have un...
@ronin92 We are having 8 of the 10 radiators / emitters replaced; our gas boiler when set to 60 degrees C can’t cope in this very cold weather, but, t...
@ronin92 I have only participated in 2 as my application took some time to process; a 1 hour and latterly, a 2 hour in duration. I use little energy d...
@derek-m At last, I have my Tesla Powerwall installed and am starting to feed it my PV panel’s output [8.1 kWp.] when the sun graces us with its’ p...
I suppose a wind turbine makes more sense than solar PV when powering an ASHP; one is more likely to need the warmth when it is windy than when it is ...
I contacted my MP on this matter because it was soon after the Glasgow COP, and at the time, much noise was being made about encouraging homeowners to...
I wrote to my MP about the very restrictive nature of the siting of garden mounted PV panels complaining that unless one has a garden of at least 12 m...
In my own case, JoJu Solar filed a G99 form application for me with my DNO for 8.61kWp. (Though due to shortage of first choice of panel, I ended up w...
I note that my supplier, Octopus Energy, is running trials in a couple of areas local to wind generation equipment (not near me unfortunately) and I f...
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RE: Flexi-Orb Heat Pump Scheme: A Game-Changer for the UK's Heat Pump Industry
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RE: Octopus Cosy & Octopus EV + bidirectional smart tariff, together. What, eh?
@old_scientist me too. Just installed my new heat pump ...
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RE: Long term efficiency degradation
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