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Can I have a wind turbine on my end of terrace?
Who can tell me what kind of wind turbine I can have on my standard Edwardian end of terrace with a long thin 100ft garden? I want it to punch in to the house electrics and sell excess to the grid. I already have solar. Is there a kind of wind turbine I can legally have?!
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Questions for Solar Installation Sales Interview
Hello. Tonight we have a Zoom meeting with a solar installation company, and a few more booked over ensuing weeks. We have a hipped roof victorian end of terrace with a south and a west aspect - hoping for approximately a 3kw system including a diverter to the immersion on the hot water cylinder. I don't particularly want…
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Solar iboost question
Hi. I am having solar installed in a few weeks and an iboost to heat two immersion heaters on my newish cylinder, which is attached to a system boiler. I have one question - is it possible to program the iboost to ONLY use solar energy and only to work with it? I understand this is what can be done with the rather amazing…
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Views on battery quote please
I had panels installed a few years ago with the Norfolk 'Solar Together' initiative. I have a 4kW system that generates around 4300 kWh per annum. I have been very happy with the setup and it has paid for itself already. I am interested in trying to reduce my energy costs further (and try to be greener) and have signed up…
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Solar PV...Still worth it?
Or have I missed the boat? With the planned changes in FIT payments is it still a reasonable option. I now have money that wasn't available last year to be able to go down the "bought" panel route & pay outright .(I would never have considered the "roof rent" type schemes) I haven't done much homework on the subject but I…
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SSE delay in getting export approval?
We had a 6.7kw (5kw inverter) system installed mid November. The installer said that they sent off the notification to Scottish Southern Electric for DNO approval shortly after commissioning. However, I still have not got the DNO approval. Has anyone got any experience of how long it is taking to getaproval from SSE? ... I…
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Data issues with Octopus and smart meter
I have been unable to see my electricity data on the Octopus web portal for months.. the last reading is 19 May. After many emails today I have received this Is anyone else having these issues "As you have a Kaifa branded meter we're currently aware that there is an issue with connectivity on these meters and this has been…
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any downsides to free solar panels from ‘energy switch’
I have been offered free solar panels from energy switch as part of the government scheme. Are there any disadvantages? It’s an old house- is the roof likely to be damaged? I can find very little about the company on the internet. Thanks
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EV Car ordered - Options for potentially using solar to charge?
I moved from Sheffield to Lincoln this year and lost my beloved solar panels. Anyway I have a relatively energy efficient house but no solar panels. I will be taking delivery of a Kia E Niro in January and am having a Zappi charger fitted that is supposedly compatible with solar panels. I know solar panels themselves are…
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SEG when your supplier fails
(I'm not sure which board to post this on so putting it here as it's about solar PV generation and the Smart Export Guarantee) We are with Avro and waiting to be told who our new supplier will be. I also had signed up for SEG with Avro. We went with them as we'd only just had the panels installed in the summer and needed…
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A Green and Ethical Christmas with Teenagers?
So I have an aversion to 'stuff' and 'trips' that are not 'needed' on environmental grounds. However we live in an affluent area and all my teenage kids friends will have mountains of presents under their trees - clothes that will be worn once or twice, smelly sprays that will release vocs into the atmosphere, shiny…
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White Rose Solar Information
My dad is selling his property. We are trying to get hold of the solar panel company that installed his panels but they (White Rose Solar) do not seem to be trading. On his title deeds it mentions two companies Astral Solar (they seem to be dissolved) and Aspect Solar (who seem to be still active) but cannot find a contact…
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TV Programme - Unreported World .....Lithium and Cobalt mining...
After watching these programmes and seeing the destruction caused to the Congo and other 3rd world countries it's making me have second thoughts about buying an electric car.... the negative effect in extracting it is raping their landscape and having a big impact on their food supply, health, and quality of life, i was…
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New solar panel installation
Just had seven panels with a Solis inverter installed, through a government scheme. We currently have the old style electric and gas meters. After several missed appointments for the installation of smart meters, finally BG decided that the gas meter was partially subterranean, so couldn't be replaced with a smart meter.…
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Solar Panels - Help needed re Decommissioning, Removing, Recycling
Hi, previously posted this in the Energy Forum, but it was suggested it may find a better home here... We are buying a two storey house that has a 16 panel 4KW solar pv installed on the (slate tiled) roof. We need to remove this (long story - but it has to be done and can't be relocated etc) and wondered how to go about…
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Solar Quotes for the North West
I'm trying to get some quotes together, the only installer that has got back to me so far has quoted £5847 for 12x355w panels which is £1.37/w, I tried Red Electrical as someone else mentioned them in the other quotes thread but they got back to me to say they're only carrying out local work at the moment :( Are there any…
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Oven preheat - solar?
Has anyone measured oven electricity usage during warm up and maintaing temperature or run the numbers on this? Wondering if it's worthwhile preheating oven before the sun goes down. Any heating losses in winter presumably count to house heating so fairly energy neutral, but maybe not cost neutral compared to gas/ASHP.…
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National Grid WhenToPlugIn app
Quite an interesting idea, uses the carbon intensity forecast so you know when best to plugin when energy is most green. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nationalgridgb.rn https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/whentoplugin/id1576815985
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Using Immersion heater on night rate instead of gas?
Hi Green Team! My gas price just dropped on to variable rate and with no prospects of things getting cheaper any time soon i was wondering.... I am on octopus Go where electricity is 5p for a period at night...Would it be cheaper / the same price to heat my hot water during this period using the immersion heater in my hot…
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Solar PV quotes East Midlands
This is my first venture into solar so forgive any ignorance. I have researched as much as I think I can. And it seems that £1 per kw is what I should be trying to get, but non of my quotes are near. Background....south west facing bungalow, clear roof, small amount of shading first thing in the morning and last half hour…
