The curtailment at Seagreen is even higher for 2024 so far – it's been off nearly 70% of the time 😬

First system on OpenEnergyMonitor , maybe not the one that beats EL COPO , but I am coming for you! heatpumpmonitor.org/system/view?id… emoncms.org/app/view?name=…

Latest BetaTalk heat pump podcast. We discuss Richard Burrows EL COPO Renewable Heat (Barry Sharp) Liam Barry Alex Winters as well as looking at the manufacturers such as Grant UK Vaillant UK Viessmann Climate Solutions UK Daikin UK Ideal Heating Samsung UK buzzsprout.com/509671/episode…

Nando Tolboom OpenEnergyMonitor EL COPO buzzsprout.com/509671/episode…

What Are The Best Heat Pumps? Latest BetaTalk heat pump podcast🎙️ Lot's of exciting chapters including UK's top performing heat pump system has radiators NOT underfloor heating Check it out: buzzsprout.com/509671/episode…

protonsforbreakfast.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/the… In October I changed most of the radiators in the house. Has this affected heat pump performance? Yes! In this article I compare heat pump performance this November with Nov 2023. The months were meteorologically similar, but the COP improved by 17%.

Really enjoyed chatting to @betatalk about what we're learning about heat pumps with the data from OpenEnergyMonitor HeatPumpMonitorm, we now have 339 live systems connected with MID metering 🤓📈heatpumpmonitor.org

Tremendous episode if you're interested in monitoring your heat pump. Nathan goes nerdy deep with Glyn Hudson and trystan of OpenEnergyMonitor I've loved this one. 👍 www.energy-stats.uk

Psyched to share something Stripe, Scale Microgrids, and Paces have been cooking for the past few months. A massive wave of new energy demand has been unleashed by AI. How will we power it? We think gigantic off-grid solar microgrids offer a very compelling solution.

Are renewables cheap or expensive & what will we be paying for electricity from renewables in the future? I've examined the Contracts for Difference (CfD) that determine future UK electricity prices to find out. johnewbank.co.uk/what-is-the-tr… National Energy System Operator Ed Miliband

The data suggests several policy changes could reduce costs 1. Eliminate Crown Estate payments which currently create an unnecessary financial burden 2. Provide direct government financing to reduce development costs Consider public ownership model to remove financing premiums

Imagine if every parish had a cliffski style solar farm. That would be 10.4GW of solar, generating power and £s into every community. Throw in some wind turbines and batteries for resilient village microgrids too. Use the revenue to help every home shift to heat pumps and EVs.

The energy modelling behind this is fun!

It is a whole 365 days since I split off hot water monitoring on my 5kW Vaillant UK Arotherm heat pump with OpenEnergyMonitor and moved to Eco hot water runs (from Normal). Year DHW SCOP: 3.71 heating our 250L Mixergy cylinder . Heating only SCOP was 4.56 DHW Target 48C

🎙️ Latest heat pump podcast Click and listen 👂 betatalk.buzzsprout.com/509671/episode…

As pretty as a heat pump in the snow photo is, the moisture does bring challenges. Way more defrosts than usual confirms what Glyn Hudson highlighted; heat output drops off. I've had to up the curve/target indoor temp to try to get more heat in the house. OpenEnergyMonitor

It happened, Nathan finally got me on the BetaTalk - Renewable Heating Podcast podcast. “Don’t drink, don’t smoke, what do you do?” betatalk.buzzsprout.com/509671/episode… We spoke for ages about a load of stuff and mentioned a ton of people. Mixergy Octopus Energy Greg Jackson EL COPO Heat Geek

Yesterday we published a review by the Energy Systems Catapult which looked at air to air heat pumps and the important role they could play in decarbonising UK homes: gov.uk/government/pub…

If you defrost for 7 minutes every half hour and you lose 0.2 kWh of defrost heat. For a 4 kW heat loss, you would need to run at 5.33 kW average output during the heating period to make up for this. That is a wopping 23% difference!

We've now got over 400 real word heat pump installations with billing grade indipendant monitoring posting data in realtime to heatpumpmonitor.org, big thanks to all the installers and users who've contributed 👏📈