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RE: Electricity price predictions

I tend to think the opposite about the (surviving) UK energy suppliers. I suspect they're finding it difficult to meet their obligations within the re...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Electricity price predictions

The difference between electricity wholesale prices and what the customers are charged is accounted for by Network costs; charges to use the Transmi...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Wind turbines and planning

I agree @derek-m but the Environment Agency sets limits on both the quantity of water and the amount of energy which may be extracted from the main (n...

3 years ago
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Wind Generation
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RE: 12kw Samsung gen 6. Short cycling

That's a question to ask the installers. Why did they suggest the Samsung unit? Did they already have data to show that there was negligible incre...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Wind turbines and planning

Yes, I agree with @batalto that it's possible to run a micro-hydro generator with a low-pressure head of water. But let's note that the author of that...

3 years ago
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Wind Generation
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RE: 12kw Samsung gen 6. Short cycling

Your Wilo pump has a manual choice of three different ways in which it can operate. There is another type called the Varios Pico-STG which has a 4th...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: 12kw Samsung gen 6. Short cycling

That's a pretty large company to be based out of Swansea. They're actively recruiting, which isn't surprising because the Welsh Government is proactiv...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Wind turbines and planning

A local pub is an excellent location at which to spend time solving the energy crisis. 🍻 However the presence of a historic water wheel probably is...

3 years ago
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Wind Generation
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RE: 12kw Samsung gen 6. Short cycling

Then they've left themselves in a tricky position as regards Part-L Section-7 of the Building Regulations: and Sections 3 & 4 of the same Part...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Wind turbines and planning

You've got potential for hydro in the area?! 😲 That's more valuable an asset than all other forms of renewable generation. Hydro-power is a ‘specia...

3 years ago
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Wind Generation
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RE: Wind turbines and planning

Getting a wind turbine is a long-term investment. All the costs, effort and knowledge-acquisition goes in up-front, which is why it seems so complicat...

3 years ago
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Wind Generation
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RE: Wind turbines and planning

This is all useful discussion for anyone else contemplating a venture into domestic wind turbines, so I'm glad it's here on the forum. Firstly, upgr...

3 years ago
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Wind Generation
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