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@gc61 - Does the installation of a high quality (expensive) Viessmann HP mean that you get an equally high quality installation from a Viessmann-train...
Aagh! The first time I read this, I assumed you were talking about export to the grid! The term "export limit(ation)" needs to be reserved by us h...
That's a shame. I don't which DNO you have, but it should be the case that their RIIO-ED2 'agreement' with Ofgem requires them to become DSO in natu...
Neither of those options sounds satisfactory to me. Experience over the past year with trialing seven different BMS units has left me to conclude th...
Erm... as a contributor here who has neither a Sunsynk inverter nor a Seplos BMS, are you telling us that the inverter assesses the SoC of the attache...
Yes. An ESME device (Electricity Smart Metering Equipment) must have a minimum of five channels of Auxiliary Load Control Switches (ALCS). These are...
Au contraire. There is a well coordinated plan to establish sub-50MWh commercial battery storage all over the UK. The bit I don't like about the p...
But the UK's Smart Meter specification was drawn up by Government in consultation with Ofgem. The meter manufacturers built to that standard in orde...
I agree. So this needs a data request to ESO and a large hook to drag this topic back on target... Suffice to say that we must have off-grid battery...
That's tricky. The internet has lots of data bout domestic demand per half-hour, but industry is only discussed in terms of monthly/yearly trends. O...
Yes, I was too eager to post.I should've sought out a graphic depicting electricity-only. I've inserted the relevant diagram to your previous post.
Much as I admire your view of the industrial strength of the UK, you and the Government Office of National Statistics are in disagreement 😎 ...
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