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Government paper calls for 40GW of nuclear by 2050
Leaked government analysis reveals UK demand for new nuclear power plants https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/reforms-in-funding-planned-to-meet-demand-for-nuclear-power-plants-j3n0mln0l Totally unnecessary Electricity is already solved by what we have, what is under construction, and the 30GW of offshore wind we have…
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Electrifying heating Vs Nuclear heat
Model: Nuclear heating Vs electrifying heating (2/3rd heat pumps 1/3rd resistance) 500TWh nuclear heat Vs 300TWh electricity 40 million heating systems (30 million homes plus offices shops schools hospitals etc) Cost of nuclear heating = ~£4B (generation) + ~£0.7B (home heating system) + £unknown (national district heating…
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Help thinking through solar and battery options
Hi all, have been a short time lurker and now thinking about a solar installation and was hoping you could all help think through the options. Sorry that this is a very long post! Following an extension build I'm now finally in a position to go for solar. Main reason is to insulate myself from energy price rises (plus…
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I Solar Immersion
Hello During the summer months i have my gas, heating my hot water .During the Winter I have to have the gas doing it because it is linked with my gravity fed central heating ,in the summer i can have hot water only from the boiler but winter i have to have them both.So what i am debating is during the summer months using…
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Green recyclable Cups
Hi all, Not quite money saving, yet looking for advice. My local running club hosts a 10K race each year. The club are working hard to make the race as green as possible. Half way round the course we have a water station. Uses circa 400 odd cups for a race up to 650 participants. Last year we moved from plastic cups to…
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Nuclear CHP as a solution
For a country like the UK 6 nuclear power stations with 3.5 EPRs in CHP mode plus an additional 5GW thermal heat only reactor to be used in the winter. Therefore 33.6GW nuclear electricity capacity, 60.9GW of waste heat capacity, 30GW of top up heat capacity from heat only reactors. Upto 272 TWh electricity Upto 490 TWh…
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Can 3 million EVs replace 30 million oil cars?
Seems like a ridiculously low number doesn't it? How can 3 million robo EVs replace 30 million human cars in the UK. The basic idea is that the robo EVs do 10 x the average mileage as the human cars so you only need 1/10th as many......But surely there are more than 3 million cars on the road at peak commuter…
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Would you share your heating?
Would you share you heating? 30 million buildings with 30 million boilers or 30 million heat pumps seem quite inefficient Could a system be devised whereby the energy company owns and operates a micro distributed heating system Something like a 15 ton hot water tank heated by 5 independent 30KW gas fired boilers (or…
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Change to export payments after smart meter install?
I was on the EDF site looking to book a smart meter install. I'm not really interested in the pros and cons of smart meters as there are enough threads for that. :mad: What i'm interested in discussing is the following I found just before I was asked to hit submit and book the appointment. At the moment, my FiT contract…
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Annual usage for energy company after Solar PV?
Hi all, We had 15 solar panels installed in March and since then our average weekly electric usage has dropped from around 70 kWhs per week to about 30 kWhs per week. Our usage has been pretty consistent since getting solar but my official annual estimate (which I understand is shared between suppliers) is still based off…
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Ovo v2g - does it make sense?
Haven't looked at the details but basically ovo pay 6p per stored unit exported on top of the standard unit rate which it obviously cost to charge the battery in the first place. Not sure if there is any option for time of day arbitrage (fill batt using cheap rate, sell back at peak rate) Not sure if you have to be on a…
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Packaging Alternatives
Hi, Not sure if this is the right place to post this. Every month we buy shopping for the freezer including some meat. Currently we use ziploc plastic bags for doing this and I want to move away from using this type of product. What are to green alternative for storing items like Mince, and Chicken etc in the freezer? I've…
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Bulk-buying of micro-bead free handwash
Hi, trying to reduce our usage of plastic containers and also products containing micro-beads. I recognise that soaps are "better" than handwashes but for some applications prefer to use handwashes. Does anyone have any recommendations for handwash which is free of micro-beads and , preferably, can be purchased in bulk?
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Solar and eon
Hi, We had solar panels installed in feb. We applied for the fit straight away. Eventually eon got back to us and told us there was something missing on the form (our bank details). We got straight back to them with the missing information. However, we have heard nothing. It’s been months now. I appreciate there’s a back…
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Electric Boilers
I have an old gravity fed gas central heating system using a back boiler. So in time, I will be looking to replace this I have been looking at electric boilers what I am wondering can the electric boiler use the same plumbing to the radiators lessening the disruption, or will it need new pipe work. Do any posters have…
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Purchasing a home with Solar Panels
Currently a buyer and looking at purchasing a home with solar panels after researching, I have found out that the panels have been bought outright with invoice paid. I have seen the MCS certificate and is currently with Eon with whom he gets his FIT paid quarterly and there is a Hies Certificate of the original installer.…
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How does a '100% renewable' electricity supply work? I'm sceptical.
Recently signed up with So Energy mainly on price and feedback ratings. In passing noticed their renewable electricity pledge. Seems too good to be true. Doesn't one renewable supplier just displace non renewable supplies to another part of the market, leaving nett renewable consumption in the UK the same?
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Solar ti doe
I fully appreciate that this name has come up in several threads and I have read a great many of them trying to find answers to a few questions. If they've been covered before, my apologies. The issue is .... Project Solar. OK so I know the automatic response, and I'm being very cautious with them. I had a quote last…
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Self drive software and half sized EVs
The future of transport is going to be self drive taxi fleets and with self drive the average 'car' can resemble the upper average usage of cars. We will not need 5 seater tesla model 3s with 50-75 KWh battery packs The future will be 2-3 seater self drive EVs that are say 85 cm wide (rather than the 185 cm of a model 3)…
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Selling house- solar panel issues
We are in the process of selling our home and had solar panels fitted in 2012 under one of these leasing schemes with freetricity. The solicitor has asked for confirmation from our mortgage lender that they approve our solar panels. Unfortunately I don't have anything mentioning them and I don't even remember asking them…
