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Solar Thermal as a pre-heater for a heat-pump
3 years ago
Forum
Solar Thermal & Power Diverters
Replies: 17
Views: 5899
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RE: GES Caernarvon 18kW ASHP

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, ...

3 years ago
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Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHPs)
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RE: Electricity price predictions

Mea culpa! Desperately resisting the temptation to respond to @derek-m about the technicalities of combating grid losses and lack of engineering kno...

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

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...

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

If it were that simple, that raises the question of why heat-pump manufacturers aren't installing capacitors. Perhaps it is that simple... but becau...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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RE: Anyone want to share costs on batteries?

Read what @batalto said about his Pylontech batteries here

3 years ago
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Energy Storage
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RE: Electricity price predictions

If DNOs were to install batteries to minimise phase-imbalance losses, they would need to be sited at local substations. There are 230,000 ground-mount...

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

I have been discussing the network losses with Western Power Distribution (WPD) over the past 4 years - a conversation which commenced with the Ofgem-...

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

If so... then probably best to discuss this further on the topic about sharing battery costs. From my own viewpoint, although I'm contributing infor...

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

So in light of what I've just written, perhaps you could approach your MP again, but this time make your complaint about Ofgem failing to act fairly i...

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

Thanks @derek-m Yes, I did understand the reference you made to the annual fee for a connection to the National Grid. May I expand on the concern wh...

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

Ofgem has done a couple of years of consultation and published a Decision which changes the way in which connection charges are calculated. The main...

3 years ago
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Electricity, Tariffs, Monitoring & Providers
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