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RE: Solar heated hot water



Hi Bruno

Are you saying that PV may improve over time?

And if that's no good now, what should the average homeowner look at, as
well as solar hot water?

I was considering PV because of the good grants available, but if its not
worth it...

Currently I get my power from unit-e, so I s'pose I'm as close to having my
own renewable energy system as I can get without the actual hardware!!!

Ta

Scott

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-----Original Message-----
From: Bruno Prior [mailto:bruno@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 01 April 2003 01:26
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Solar heated hot water

Now would be a great time for people to investigate this sort of thing.=20
The government has just introduced a grant scheme called Clear Skies=20
(www.clear-skies.org) to encourage people to install small-scale=20
renewable energy equipment.

I'm putting a heatpump (from Kensa Engineering -=20
www.kensaengineering.com) in my barn conversion which will give me 3=20
units of heat (or cooling) for every unit of electricity used. I'm also=20
looking at putting in a wood pellet burner. The government should give=20
me =A31200 towards the heatpump and another =A3800 if I go for the burner.=
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Would have looked at solar hot water, but (a) it's a listed building, so=20
we can't put it on the roof or anywhere else that would impact the=20
appearance, and (b) you can only get grants for upto 2 qualifying=20
technologies per installation.

For what it's worth, I run a business generating renewable electricity,=20
and my opinion is that solar hot water can be a good idea, PV (i.e.=20
electricity from solar) is not worth it (at the moment). And don't fall=20
for the myth that renewable =3D wind. Wind power is actually one of the=20
least practical forms of renewable energy (although, like every source=20
of energy, it has its applications).

Cheers,

Bruno Prior




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