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OK... I have an update for everyone in this Topic. I've just had a direct response from one of the authors of the report on noise emissions from HPs...
@toodles - I think I should've clarified the reason for my intervention here. MCS has been permitted to encroach into the field of Planning regulati...
The authors of the acoustic report are suggesting that the ASHP units they tested are too loud for an installer to meet statutory requirements, Unti...
mea culpa. I have some homework to catch up on.
Since the Energy Bill hasn't yet passed through Parliament, there is bound to be a lot of uncertainty. There will need to be a substantial number of...
Hmmm. Consider why such a change is being contemplated now. How does this square with the Report submitted to DEFRA a couple of weeks ago by three...
Does the 6th Carbon Budget satisfy what you're after? I wonder why Ofgem wants the Government's Energy Bill to set up the ISOP as a separate entity ...
I very much agree with you tackling the pipe insulation yourself.There are times like this when it isn't worthwhile trying to pressurize the installer...
Following up my own point, can I draw readers' attention to the Data for Good report, published by the government-funded Energy Systems Catapult.The r...
You make some excellent observations @chickenbigLet me pick up two: 1: How do you think DESNZ is acting on their responsibility towards achievin...
It's not an Asset Base scheme.NGET do, however, receive income for Transmission Network Use of System charges (TNUoS). The more electricity passes t...
Two points @derek-m Firstly, I was indeed putting forward a scenario which was aimed specifically at reducing the peak.In communications I'm having ...
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