Last seen: Oct 28, 2025
Yes... but it's marginally more difficult if you start in a topic about battery storage with the words "no solar" in the title. 😉 Start by ...
Hiya @mike_r1958 - and thanks for your interest. I've had battery storage systems 'working' for 5 years. But that doesn't mean the equipment is in a...
Unfortunately MK was designed when the national grid was still viewed as a system to deliver electricity.Little thought would've been given to 'revers...
That timescale takes us forward to the final 12-months in which the UK is meant to have achieved Net Zero by 2050! So either @idchappy is installi...
@korwraith - please expand on the comment about EDF circumventing the Randomised Offset to the Tariff Table 'in the same way as Octopus'. I'm not aw...
@toodles - the majority of objections to the existing charges are based on the way in which the 'social obligation' is only levied on electricity, not...
I'm afraid that level of confidence in large-scale commercial BESS isn't supported by the evidence. My MP currently has two ongoing cases in which t...
Yes. DUKES allows for this by de-rating those sources of generation which exhibit intermittent output: Yes, but I disagree with the strateg...
Two good points there @toodles 1: NGET have undertaken modelling to check the required increase in grid capacity if everyone with a car changed it t...
I've quickly read through the DUKES 2024 figures (for the year 2023), which were released at 10:00 today.There was an omission which I've had to sourc...
There is high correlation with the amount of government subsidy and the labour charge made by installers. 🤔 OTOH there's little correlation...
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Nope, no shouting from me. What I got was the cable a...
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RE: Grant Aerona 3 and Drayton system questions
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RE: Midea ASHP – how to set weather compensation
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RE: Daikin Octopus installation update - I saw my first defrost. 😍😂
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RE: What should we do with our Aga?
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RE: Help me keep the faith with my air source heat pump installation
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RE: My experience with 3 heat pump surveys: Heat Geek, British Gas & Octopus
If you paid for any of the assessments try asking for t...
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@drei Thats a nice designer radiator which it would ...
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I've created a separate post here, wondering about radi...
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RE: Air source heat pump roll call – what heat pump brand and model do you have?
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RE: Solar inverters - where does the energy go when clipping?
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RE: The Hidden Secret to a Successful Heat Pump: Pipe Size Matters
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RE: End of Summer Time Reminder to Ecodan owners
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