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RE: Wind turbines and planning

Regulation of noise from wind-turbines was created in 1997. It is discussed widely online, and can be found by searching for ETSU-R-97 There are ver...

3 years ago
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Wind Generation
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RE: Wind turbines and planning

The bat survey in which my wind-turbine site was included, was undertaken by Exeter University during 2013-14, and the report published online by DEFR...

3 years ago
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Wind Generation
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RE: Wind turbines and planning

I designed & built my own wind-turbine about 10 years ago. It worked well for 3-years until the night of the storm when it caught fire. I'...

3 years ago
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Wind Generation
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RE: Say hello and introduce yourself

Hi @knukes - By all means start a fresh topic to discuss wind-turbines and planning. This topic now exists here. It raises issues of planning ...

3 years ago
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Introductions, Forum Rules & Updates
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RE: Decisions to make on 12000 kWh per year for heating and DHW

I agree so much with @derek-m I'm constantly coming up against the laws of physics as a constraint in designing energy solutions. Social media is cur...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Decisions to make on 12000 kWh per year for heating and DHW

Yes, I understand the temptation. However I was at Energy Show yesterday talking with an engineer who is committed to finding energy-efficient solut...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Underfloor heating designer / engineer needed

Yes, I get it 🙂 So if the ufh was taking water at a much lower temperature, then the solar-thermal would be better able to contribute to that. (I h...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Decisions to make on 12000 kWh per year for heating and DHW

Not necessarily. There's another very 'live' topic here called Anyone want to share costs on batteries? Don't worry too much about the original titl...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Underfloor heating designer / engineer needed

Thanks @heacol Your observations are well made. Fortuitously the annotations you've added are already implemented (with one variation). It was my d...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Decisions to make on 12000 kWh per year for heating and DHW

Hi @chrislay - you're very welcome here. First a question: When first investigating the installation of an ASHP, did you get an Energy Assessor to s...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Decisions to make on 12000 kWh per year for heating and DHW

The 20m limit for wood pellets being blown is due to an ENplus 1a guidance document. This indicates that pellets may become fragmented/damaged if blow...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Underfloor heating designer / engineer needed

Like this: The UFH manifolds were bought 18 years ago. Those actuators define the characteristics of water-flow in the ufh loops. Technology has...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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