Fire,read the Guardian article. We're having solar panels this Friday. We are with Octopus,you actually get back 3p per unit sold back to the grid, not 7p as shown. We are on a 24 months fixed deal.We enquired 10 years ago got quotes,then it said 13 years to pay for themselves, now it's estimated 5 years. Did you all read the articles regarding recycling of "green" energy old products? Seems you cannot win. You can't be forced to have a smart meter. Some properties don't have room for them. If we want to sell back excess to the grid we will have to,there's a very poor WiFi signal here.we are just future proofing ourselves, for when we are forced to use electric heating once again. I read energy companies will charge extra during peak periods,and even have the power to turn off your supply.
Did you all read the articles regarding recycling of "green" energy old products? Seems you cannot win. You can't be forced to have a smart meter. Some properties don't have room for them. If we want to sell back excess to the grid we will have to,there's a very poor WiFi signal here.we are just future proofing ourselves, for when we are forced to use electric heating once again. I read energy companies will charge extra during peak periods,and even have the power to turn off your supply.
The recycling of wind turbine blades 'issue' is more about 'won't' than 'can't'. Have you seen many articles about how hard it is to recycle a gas boiler? No? Funny that
No you don't have to have a smart meter. Energy companies already charge extra during peak periods. They don't have the authority to turn power off without the consumer's agreement in principle. They pay those who are willing to accept outages. At the moment, this is only for business customers. For domestic users, the intention is not that they disconnect customers during peak periods, which wouldn't be safe, but that they will charge very high rates at those times in the hope that you will chose to cut your use right down and thereby reduce the peaks voluntarily
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“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
@Fire I would have thought London would already have down that. They clamped down on so much when they brought in the clean air act, they had to be strict to try and get rid of the smog (pea soupers)
By my estimation there must be less burning of coal and wood in greater London than there has been in the last 1000 years @Lyn . The change has been in scientific assessement of the damage to heath PM2.5 particles do to health; cancer, dementia and asthma. Wood burning in London emits more PM2.5 than traffic. I think it's quite new science. In one year, articles have just halved the estimation of damage done by wood burning, without the newpapers batting an eye lid.
Wood burning in London is not illegal. We are a "smokeless zone" which means people are not supposed to use open fire places, and only certain high spec, double-burning wood stoves are allowed to be installed. People do love chimineas, outside pizza ovens and fire bowls in the garden. By me there are very many more of these used regularly than wood stoves. Bonfires are not banned.
It's nigh on impossible to regulate what people do in their own home (or even know how many stoves people have); what they can do is regulate what is sold. So the emission bar for new vehicles has has got very much higher over the years. There are regulations about what new stoves can be sold and what type of firewood is sold commercially.
People have fireplaces, and old stoves (which can last a lifetime) so I don't suppose there is much govt can do about the use of those.
I have a stove but I'm not going to use it until the situation is clearer.
A lot of parts from gas boilers can and are recycled We would have happily kept the 30 years old potterton if we could have bought the heat exchanger. We kept back boilers many many years didn't change upgrade
The key word from that newspaper article is 'Texas'. The state that wants green energy to fail. The USA is terrible at recycling generally and has had very little incentive or investment in it. Europe of course is very different. Loads of fact check links at the end of this article if you're interested.
Wild Edges, I saw that article as well "Recycling gets the go ahead." Also read online,gas prices now set to rocket. Fairy and I were saying "don't poke the bear"
No you don't have to have a smart meter. Energy companies already charge extra during peak periods. They don't have the authority to turn power off without the consumer's agreement in principle. They pay those who are willing to accept outages. At the moment, this is only for business customers. For domestic users, the intention is not that they disconnect customers during peak periods, which wouldn't be safe, but that they will charge very high rates at those times in the hope that you will chose to cut your use right down and thereby reduce the peaks voluntarily
Many thanks for that. It will hopefully help me deal with my supplier's frequent emails re Smart Meter installation
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No you don't have to have a smart meter. Energy companies already charge extra during peak periods. They don't have the authority to turn power off without the consumer's agreement in principle. They pay those who are willing to accept outages. At the moment, this is only for business customers. For domestic users, the intention is not that they disconnect customers during peak periods, which wouldn't be safe, but that they will charge very high rates at those times in the hope that you will chose to cut your use right down and thereby reduce the peaks voluntarily
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
We would have happily kept the 30 years old potterton if we could have bought the heat exchanger. We kept back boilers many many years didn't change upgrade
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
"Recycling gets the go ahead." Also read online,gas prices now set to rocket. Fairy and I were saying "don't poke the bear"