A Poyry report out today finds that by installing new CHP at just nine industrial sites around the country we could meet the electricity demand of 2/3 of the UK households and reduce gas imports by half. CHP is cleaner, cheaper, and more efficient than nuclear with no toxic legacy. It’s also much much faster to deploy. So shall we?
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nuclear or CHP? Another no brainer
Posted in chp, climate change, energy, tagged Greenpeace, nuclear, Poyry on June 19, 2008| Leave a Comment »
BERR’s reaction to Citiworks: bad news for small generation in the UK?
Posted in chp, climate change, energy, micro chp, private wire, renewable energy, sustainability, utilities, wind turbines, tagged BERR, Citiworks, license exemption, OFGEM on June 19, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Yesterday BERR and OFGEM released proposals for changing the way the electricity regulations work with regard to distributed energy generation. This is particularly important because it’s BERR’s first public reaction to the Citiworks ruling by the European Court of Justice two weeks ago.
no Code 6 without MVHR
Posted in climate change, Code for Sustainable Homes, energy, engineering, renewable energy, SAP, sustainability, tagged Code level 6, CSH, HRV, MVHR, passiv haus, Passive House, zero carbon house on June 6, 2008| 8 Comments »
For a while, I have suspected that the thermal efficiency requirements for Code 6 would almost certainly require MVHR. But I was always dimly aware that I hadn’t actually done the numbers and so couldn’t be sure. Now I am: no MVHR means no Code 6.
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