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The SD Wind 6kW unit is well known to me from the days when it was developed by Proven. Unlike many other small turbines it doesn't use a furling mech...
Unlike PV solar panels, wind-turbines shouldn't be turned off by an electrical switch. That would prevent the generator head from exporting its energy...
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...
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...
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'...
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 ...
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...
Yes, I understand the temptation. However I was at Energy Show yesterday talking with an engineer who is committed to finding energy-efficient solut...
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...
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...
Thanks @heacol Your observations are well made. Fortuitously the annotations you've added are already implemented (with one variation). It was my d...
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...
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