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Green Homes Grant Installers which actually do heating controls
The scheme controls for heating controls such as thermostats and thermostatic radiator valves as a secondary measure. I have yet to find an installer in the East Midlands that actually does heating controls under the scheme. It seems that this because the installers needs to have a City and Guilds Heating Controls…
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Green Homes Grant - Solar Thermal - Maximum Voucher Value?
For homes with an existing airing cupboard and hot water cylinder, the typical cost for solar therma,l seems to be about £6 000, for 2m squared collector and 200 litre, twin coil cylinder. It seems that many of the the installers, don't want to do systems which currently have a combi-boiler, this is partly due to technical…
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Solar Generation - Forecasting vs Actuals
Hi Forumites, Apart from PVGIS, are there any other tools or online calculators for forecasting solar generation please? I have a system, mounted on 4 roofs (so 4 strings, going into 2 inverters) - 33 x 385kW JAM60S20-385/MR panels. Have included a picture showing roof orientation and number of panels installed on each…
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Compostable plastic bags and cling film.
I absolutely hate any plastic food coverings that aren’t recyclable and reuse small plastic food bags (for sandwiches and freezer etc) over and over, of course washing out between uses. My wife was browsing through the Lakeland catalogue and pointed out they now sell compostable cling film and bin bags (although the latter…
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FITs from 1 April 2021 confirmed by OFGEM
Ofgem have now published the document confirming the revised tariff rates for the Feed-in Tariff scheme. Relevant tariffs have been adjusted by December's annual RPI of 1.2 percent, effective from 1 April 2021. https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/feed-tariff-fit-tariff-table-1-april-2021
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Registered Green Home Grant Companies
Hello Does anyone know if there is a list of companies registered under the Green Homes Grant Scheme. I’m looking for replacement doors. It’s been really time consuming so any help much appreciated l. thank you
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Water consumption
I have an interest in the environment-don't want to waste water. I read the following:"you will lengthen the life of your garbage disposal by running it a few times a week even if you don't have food to put down." What are your thoughts? I'm not sure this is the right forum to ask this. If not, which website/link would you…
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Solar PV and Battery from Deege Solar
Hi Everyone, I'm new to the forum and after some help if you more knowledgeable folks can help :smile: I'm thinking about getting Solar PV and a Battery for the house and recently I've seen a price from DeegeSolar for 16 PV Panels and a 8Kw GivEnergy battery and inverter for £8,600 Fitted (although that seems to have gone…
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Green home grant on shared ownership - not allowed!
Me and my wife own 40% of the house. The housing association owns 60% and didn't give us permission to have a solar thermal panel installed through Green Home Grant on the ground of "Under the terms of your lease you cannot make any alteration to the external of the property."I am disgusted as this is a FREE upgrade to the…
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Lab grown food - is it Green? and is it Ethical?
Rather than muscle in on the ‘Green and Ethical Food’ thread,
this subject deserves a separate thread as it is bound to become a hot topic in
the years to come. There have been many articles about ‘Man made Food’ and the
highly respected environmentalist George Monboit – much loved(by some) in this
forum! - wrote an…
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FIT Payments via Direct Debit/Bank Transfer?
Hi all. The previous owner of my house had his FIT payments coming from British Gas, and at the time I opted to stay with them. They've been fine, except the fact it's a bit of pain having to cash a cheque each time to claim the money. Can anybody recommend a provider that pays via direct debit/bank transfer? Also, is…
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BEVs deals and information
A thread for deals on BEVs This seems very tempting £5,631 for two years brand new EV No road tax £300 No MOT £100 No congestion charge. £xyz Around £2,350 fuel savings over the two years Around £250 electric cost Overall cost of ownership would be circa £5631 - £2,000 fuel - £300 road tax -£100 MOT +£250 electric so about…
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Inverter Choice for a 7.2KW PV with 5KW Peak discharge requirement.
Hi About to consider a 7.2KW PV system, with a requirement for 5KW peak discharge + Battery Could you recommend options for inverter choices with their battery compatibility? Regards
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Off grid and solar
Hello, new to this site and hoping for some good info. We are in the process of sorting out a rural self build, we looked into connecting to the DNO but it will cost approx £7,000 (and we have to hire a digger and dig our own trench!) So looking at plan b. On doing some research we can get a decent 3-4 k solar system with…
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Is heat pump technology improving or getting cheaper?
Interested to hear everyone's thoughts on this. Seems that heat pumps are the great hope for getting the population off burning fossil fuels, but there isn't much take-up for some practical reasons. From what I've read, getting an air source heat pump installed along with changing all your radiators in an existing property…
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Solar PV + Battery quotes
Hello forumites, Help and advice needed please. I have been looking to get Solar PV installed in my current house, which has a fairly large roof and also an independent double garage. Layout picture, provided below. Following Martyn1981's advice on these threads, I have tried getting installers to quote for the maximum…
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Mixing solar thermal with solar PV
Hi, Apologies if what follows has been answered elsewhere on the forum or makes me sound like a self-confessed solar novice (which I am!). We have been interested in installing solar panels for a while and have finally got round to giving it some serious consideration through the grants available for solar thermal through…
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£/KWh Recommendation for battery > 8KW with > = 90% DOD
Hi In the process of choosing a battery to store electricity at a cheaper rate and use during the day ( avoiding peak 4 pm - 7 pm). After reading several posts/forums still undecided. Ideally would like to have storage up to 16KW, with a peak output of 5KW, 10 Year Warranty. I would like to have recommendations on the…
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Mixergy hot water tank
Just wondering if anyone has experience of these and what that experience has been. I'm planning to get soon as part of our drive to decarbonise/electrify and have had a few quotes back. We currently have a gas heated tank that's 20+ years old and not the best insulated. Aim is to get this with an electric element so no…
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Considering a second Solar system on a 3phase supplied house
We are considering installing a second solar array on a roof we originally rejected mainly because it is very visible at the front of the house but also because it has considerable shading issues in winter. Our existing array sits on Phase 1 with a single phase inverter. Looking at our energy usage we will use the great…
