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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...
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...
Read what @batalto said about his Pylontech batteries here
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...
I have been discussing the network losses with Western Power Distribution (WPD) over the past 4 years - a conversation which commenced with the Ofgem-...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The UK Government guaranteed to pay EDF a whopping £92.5 per MWh produced by Hinkley-C when the initial contracts were signed. Even though it's infl...
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