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Until now, the great British public's view has been to help prevent Climate Change by installing technology (usually PV) which exports to the grid.Tha...
I don't think that £19b announcement of upgrades is the same as the "5x increase in capacity" which was being discussed at NGET's Pathway to Net Zero ...
Going some way towards answering my own question about the cost of capacity upgrades to the Transmission Grid,On 9th Nov, the Telegraph carried this a...
I realise that I have an advantage in that I've had access to internal DNO data for several years.That's allowed me plenty of time to understand how t...
It is a feature of electricity generation from renewable sources, that it does not happen in areas where the energy is wanted nor according to hu...
Good comments are being made about standing charges. But can I please remind contributors that it is Ofgem to whom these must be made.You can read t...
Please clarify this @ronin92Which DNO Region do you live in? Apart from two days, I have been able to store sufficient electricity from my rooftop s...
Not so. It's actually even less 'fair' than you imagine. Once a DNO Region is exhibiting surpluses of electricity from renewable sources, it is prim...
One of the difficulties with Government-funded schemes to tackle energy efficiency is that the initiatives themselves are inefficient. 😢 A: This fo...
I think this ASHP installation passes the regulations in the same way that all the others don't. 😥 A couple of weeks ago, an MCS accredited instal...
Thanks for the photo @noburn. Here's two comments which might help. 1: You don't need 50`C for DHW.If you were to install a safety device to prevent...
Were you provided with an operational manual for your other half? 😉 Achieving COP=3 is generally acceptable for an ASHP.So the space heating looks ...
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