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We also now have other options. Community Groups can be formed to collaboratively 'own' renewable energy assets which can be 'sold'. Such groups are...
An Energy Supplier will usually try to sign a PPA (Power Purchase Agreement) with producers, especially if this secures them electricity from a renewa...
Yes, Felixstowe is the most commonly-used port for goods I've ordered from the Far-East using marine transport. But the shipping companies have altern...
Hmmm. So it will travel through Russia, then either via Iran or Ukraine 😖 Good luck with the 30 day estimate! FWIW if anyone else is considering a ...
The National Grid provides a 'balance' of supply & demand, and the 50Hz sychronisation.The energy-mix varies according to your geographical locati...
I agree with @batalto but will add one additional factor: If the Sofar ME3000SP was an inverter which could operate in parallel, then theoretically ...
That's a better explanation than mine @derek-m I'm still thinking through the situation which @chris-a raised, in which he wishes to retain an exist...
Precisely! And for this reason I've just copied your text and the response from @derek-m into a new topic in the area about Solar Thermal. I think t...
Me too @chris-a @derek-m and I have had a previous discussion about whether solar thermal should continue to be used as an input to a DHW cylinder, ...
Mea culpa! Desperately resisting the temptation to respond to @derek-m about the technicalities of combating grid losses and lack of engineering kno...
The graph I posted comes directly from a data-set supplied to me by a very senior engineer/manager at a DNO. He sent it to demonstrate the voltage var...
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