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by dan_b
Sun Jul 06, 2025 10:07 pm
Forum: Wind Power
Topic: New home turbines?
Replies: 3
Views: 149

Re: New home turbines?

Oh great we’re back the chocolate teapot stage again. I really hoped we’d moved beyond that nonsense but it seems not. Small turbines in urban areas are a waste of time and money due to physics. And all they serve to do is divert money from real domestic solutions like solar panels , and provide a v...
by dan_b
Sun Jul 06, 2025 10:24 am
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Well, That’s unusual! Grid power.
Replies: 4
Views: 199

Re: Well, That’s unusual! Grid power.

That is certainly unusually high proportion of interconnections. Guess there’s a lot of wind in mainland Europe?
by dan_b
Wed Jul 02, 2025 5:45 pm
Forum: Photovoltaic
Topic: 4 UK solar farms energised
Replies: 5
Views: 476

Re: 4 UK solar farms energised

Another new solar farm energised, this time in Devon.

https://renews.biz/101586/rwe-powers-up ... olar-farm/

35MW with a 35MW battery.
by dan_b
Wed Jul 02, 2025 10:35 am
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: Ofgem approves Grid Upgrades
Replies: 1
Views: 147

Ofgem approves Grid Upgrades

9 Billion in grid upgrades given the go-ahead.

https://renews.biz/101551/uk-grid-set-f ... expansion/
by dan_b
Wed Jul 02, 2025 10:32 am
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: Transformer fires
Replies: 4
Views: 627

Re: Transformer fires

Yeah that seems pretty poor - to have known about it for 7 years but to have simply done nothing to rectify it... Also an interesting finding is that there doesn't/didn't seem to be any system that made it clear and obvious where and when grid transformers are connected to what is considered critica...
by dan_b
Wed Jul 02, 2025 9:47 am
Forum: Cafe
Topic: Colin's Daily
Replies: 29
Views: 1028

Re: Colin's Daily

Hi Colin
Sounds like a good idea to me - China almost feels like a different universe to what we're all used to here in the UK/Europe!
by dan_b
Tue Jul 01, 2025 5:06 pm
Forum: Legislation
Topic: Stupid question?
Replies: 24
Views: 1092

Re: Stupid question?

Legislation is the Law. We can discuss what the Laws are, share info on new Laws, how they're implemented, and the flaws in those Laws.
What we don't want to get drawn into are the party political "debates" that precede Legislation.
by dan_b
Tue Jul 01, 2025 4:19 pm
Forum: Photovoltaic
Topic: China hits 1 TW solar milestone!
Replies: 3
Views: 498

Re: China hits 1 TW solar milestone!

Apologies for linking to Facebook but couldn't find this video elsewhere. https://www.facebook.com/reel/663736316680477 This reel shows solar panels being moved into a construction site in the Chinese mountains via drone. 40 drones are moving 360 panels a day from the depot onto the installation area.
by dan_b
Tue Jul 01, 2025 2:14 pm
Forum: Data logs
Topic: June generation 2025
Replies: 7
Views: 360

Re: June generation 2025

Overall consumption - 2.83MWh 1.88MWh imported (67% of total consumption) 1.47MWh generated (64% self-consumption) 0.52MWh exported (36% exported) 1.44MWh went into the EV chargers. 34 public sessions and 16 company car sessions! June was actually less than in May and the "worst" June of t...
by dan_b
Tue Jul 01, 2025 1:34 pm
Forum: Photovoltaic
Topic: UK's largest solar farm completed
Replies: 0
Views: 164

UK's largest solar farm completed

373MWp solar park in Kent now fully operational. Co-located 150MW BESS to follow. https://renews.biz/101540/cleve-hill-solar-park-begins-commercial-operations/ It's built on the marshes between Faversham and Whitstable. Must be a huge area of land for such a big install. 550,000 panels built in an E...