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High solar production in Germany forces rates negative
SteamyTea replied to Alan Ambrose's topic in Housing Politics
I thought it was a good idea once, then I looked at the formula. https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/flywheel-energy-d_945.html -
High solar production in Germany forces rates negative
SteamyTea replied to Alan Ambrose's topic in Housing Politics
Since the late 1940s when the national grid came into existence, we had relied on spinning devices to synchronise each other. As we move forward, we may well go back to DC bulk transport of electricity, synchronised by a central system. The article paints a rather bleak picture, when in fact it is showing that we can cope with vast amounts of unregulated generation. It has to be remembered that the European electrical grid is designed similar to the USA grid, and not like the UK grid, which is almost a radial circuit. As @kevinm points out, we have mechanical systems in place already for grid syncing, there is one next to a local collage down here. These are relatively cheap bits of kit, and with the old introduction of cheap chemical storage (batteries) can alleviate most problems. Also worth pointing out, as @joe90 has, overproduction does not happen too often, and distributed, unregulated (micro generation) automatically disconnects, or at least limits, delivery when there is a problem. It is early days in the renewable generation journey and we must not fall into the trap of throwing the baby out with the bathwater, which the right wingers with financial interest in fossil fuel generation industries want us to do. -
Why technology has not transformed building….
SteamyTea replied to joe90's topic in General Construction Issues
Part of the problem is that UK house buyer are an ignorant bunch and will only stick to what they know. That is bricks and tiled roofs. The poor quality of the UK housing stock is basically caused by very bad management and terrible training. -
That is interesting, lower CO2 cement and steel at the same time. I read, or heard, that ashphelt/Tarmacadam is the most recycled material by volume, mass and price. Just need to start working on that.
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Durisol - in administration
SteamyTea replied to PeterW's topic in Insulated Concrete Formwork (ICF)
Or have a good laugh. He should talk to some engineers as well. Why did you not send that as a PM. Tempted to get a burner SIM and send messages. -
No idea, never payed for a SAP
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As in what PRICE are people paying to have an assessment carried out?
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You really need to go back to first principles. Find out the timber type (probably a pine), the lengths, probably 0.15 to 0.2m, and the total area that will be covered. Then find the thermal conductivity of the timber, somewhere between 0.14 and 0.22 W.m-1.K-1 depending on grain orientation. Then convert to a U-Value. W.m-2.K-1 = 1 / (length / thermal conductivity).
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I am a bit confused to what costs you are referring to. Is the cost of the SAP, or the cost difference of running the house. Accountants and economists have different ideas about what price and cost are. In science, one comes up with an idea, think up ways to model it, then test it. If the model and the test results are similar, then all well and good, if they are not similar, then a rethink is needed. It is not unusual to have higher and lower bounds on test results. If the model results fall within these bounds, then the hypothesis is sound (until proven otherwise).
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I looked into it a few years ago and found some government figures that showed local area usage and tariff details. Then cross referenced it against a similar housing database. Also, at ~4 MWh/year usage is low, compared to the national average of ~20 MWh, of which 2.5 MWh/year is just electricity.
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E7 places tend to be small, and often very small flats.
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It is what I always do.
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https://thepihut.com/products/esp32-s3-development-board-with-1-28-round-touch-lcd
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But some at the same time.
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What I have been doing for 20 years with E7. No capital expenditure either or complicated controls.
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Try asking the LA's Building Control.
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Is serpentine similar, we have loads of that in Cornwall, and know how to make an area an industrial wasteland better than most.
