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- Wed May 22, 2024 9:56 am
- Forum: Media and Culture
- Topic: New nuclear at Wylfa
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2770
Re: New nuclear at Wylfa
The fact that the new UK Nuclear body is called "Great British Nuclear" and has the same initials as GB News, and has basically the same colour scheme and font design did make me laugh this morning. Digging further, GBN has invited several nuclear companies to tender for the sites at Wylfa...
- Wed May 22, 2024 8:43 am
- Forum: Photovoltaic
- Topic: Solar at my workplace
- Replies: 85
- Views: 23139
Re: Solar at my workplace
Very good point - typical British summer - rain!
- Wed May 22, 2024 8:42 am
- Forum: Media and Culture
- Topic: New nuclear at Wylfa
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2770
New nuclear at Wylfa
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clkk7ewenyro
Here we go again - thought this would happen. Although perhaps not another EPR?
Here we go again - thought this would happen. Although perhaps not another EPR?
- Tue May 21, 2024 5:00 pm
- Forum: Media and Culture
- Topic: HVDC Interconnectors
- Replies: 249
- Views: 61306
Re: HVDC Interconnectors
Construction has started in Germany for their part of the Neuconnect 1.4GW HDVC interconnector https://renews.biz/93329/neuconnect-construction-begins-in-germany/ Interesting that this will connect to the UK Grid on the Isle of Grain - which is where the BritNed connection to The Netherlands already...
- Tue May 21, 2024 3:09 pm
- Forum: Photovoltaic
- Topic: Solar at my workplace
- Replies: 85
- Views: 23139
Re: Solar at my workplace
Yep we generated 71kWh yesterday. Just about hit 5kWh today so far!
- Tue May 21, 2024 12:29 pm
- Forum: Spaceheating
- Topic: Octopus Tariffs
- Replies: 63
- Views: 19279
Re: Octopus Tariffs
Just had a look at our first month’s bill on Shape Shifters and trying to work out if it’s saving the business money vs the normal tariff– looks like it is. Rate Consumption Cost Overnight cheapest rate - 15.65p/kWh 639.6 kWh £100.091 Daytime low rate - 17.33p/kWh 1486.0 kWh £257.519 4-7pm peak rate...
- Tue May 21, 2024 11:50 am
- Forum: Photovoltaic
- Topic: Solar at my workplace
- Replies: 85
- Views: 23139
Re: Solar at my workplace
Lovely solar day yesterday. https://i.postimg.cc/d7ySpJnm/consumption.png Although certainly made the most of it. https://i.postimg.cc/bZMBmZ0w/production.png This was why! https://i.postimg.cc/DJ3YKRMV/Whats-App-Image-2024-05-20-at-13-43-30.jpg Wonder if the dirt on the panels is costing us lost pr...
- Sat May 18, 2024 12:09 pm
- Forum: Media and Culture
- Topic: Grid-scale Sodium-Ion battery storage
- Replies: 3
- Views: 485
Grid-scale Sodium-Ion battery storage
Of course it's in China. But this seems like a good development all round for enabling lower cost grid-scale battery energy storage.
https://electrek.co/2024/05/17/china-fi ... n-battery/
https://electrek.co/2024/05/17/china-fi ... n-battery/
- Thu May 16, 2024 2:10 pm
- Forum: Transport
- Topic: Musk fires entire Supercharger Team?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1324
Re: Musk fires entire Supercharger Team?
Looks like Musk is now re-hiring previously fired members of the SuC team
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/3045 ... m-plan.htm
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/3045 ... m-plan.htm
- Thu May 16, 2024 10:01 am
- Forum: Media and Culture
- Topic: Octopus renewable generation vs EV charging patterns
- Replies: 1
- Views: 320
Octopus renewable generation vs EV charging patterns
Well this is fun - a visualisation of Octopus's ecosystem of smart EV charging sessions mapped geographically and alongside the grid carbon intensity/ renewable generation.
https://octopus.energy/smart-energy-ecosystem/
https://octopus.energy/smart-energy-ecosystem/