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by Countrypaul
Thu Jun 26, 2025 3:53 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: Xlinks snub
Replies: 18
Views: 669

Re: Xlinks snub

You don't put 25% of your countries power supply in the hands of another country. Sorry Morroco but you're not a stable enough platform. One of the best North African states though. You certainly don't rely on a multiple 000's K set of lines in relatively shallow water either. There's a lot can go ...
by Countrypaul
Thu Jun 26, 2025 1:00 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: Xlinks snub
Replies: 18
Views: 669

Re: Xlinks snub

Hi Dan, If I was the Xlinks CEO I think my head would have been cheaper short cable to Spain saves me X million Euro's which equals Y more PV panels and mounts with gives me Z more MW and I have the ability to sell my power across the whole of Europe and beyond. I must be missing something as I wou...
by Countrypaul
Tue Jun 17, 2025 1:22 pm
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: Intelligent Octopus Go
Replies: 216
Views: 50762

Re: Intelligent Octopus Go

How wiil/does using a household battery, or pv and inverter to supply some of the power for the EV or HP impact the use of the smart tariffs for those devices?
by Countrypaul
Sun Jun 15, 2025 9:12 am
Forum: Energy storage, batteries, energy tariffs
Topic: DESNZ: Over 22,000 domestic batteries installed in past year
Replies: 10
Views: 865

Re: DESNZ: Over 22,000 domestic batteries installed in past year

Intresting video spoilt by those presenting constantly mixing up the units for power and energy, you would have thought that those working with electrics day in day out would know when to use kW and when to use kWh.
by Countrypaul
Thu Jun 12, 2025 2:58 pm
Forum: New builds
Topic: Outbuildings and why they're great. (Vanport)
Replies: 184
Views: 33961

Re: Outbuildings and why they're great. (Vanport)

Plumb a 25L jerry can under the ASHP to catch the condensate. Its distilled water, which is basically what RO is, just a different method of getting it. Great for all sorts, even putting in the iron, though limescale isnt exactly an issue up here. Condensate from an ASHP has many more contaminates ...
by Countrypaul
Mon Jun 09, 2025 4:34 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: Dynamic Line Rating
Replies: 4
Views: 465

Re: Dynamic Line Rating

I seem to remember a previous thred about this sort of thing. iirc lines are normally limited to the capacity of worst case conditons so hot weather wth no wind, by moanitring the lne they can increase that to take advantage of more suitable conditions and put more power through - or at least someth...
by Countrypaul
Sat Jun 07, 2025 9:36 pm
Forum: Photovoltaic
Topic: France records negative power prices for most of May
Replies: 5
Views: 679

Re: France records negative power prices for most of May

Long(ish) shot, but I wonder if this reflects a wider European change, so 'we' just don't need the cheap excess nuclear as much? Before large scale RE, other countries could always ramp down some more coal and gas, and buy France's excess nice and cheap. Not knocking it, UK etc being able to grab t...
by Countrypaul
Sat Jun 07, 2025 1:39 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: New UK AI datacentre could cause five times emissions of Birmingham airport
Replies: 9
Views: 865

Re: New UK AI datacentre could cause five times emissions of Birmingham airport

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/06/planned-ai-datacentre-in-england-could-cause-five-times-emissions-of-big-airport?CMP=GTUK_email Emissions from power-hungry warehouses at Lincolnshire facility expected to be 850,000 tonnes a year A vast new datacentre to feed Britain’s rising dem...
by Countrypaul
Fri Jun 06, 2025 11:00 pm
Forum: Wind Power
Topic: Turbines turned off
Replies: 9
Views: 1185

Re: Turbines turned off

As it's only a 15MW wind farm I was wondering if it was using older, smaller WT's that are noisier. But sadly I see that the order is to switch off 3 of the 6 WT's, so they must be 2.5MW, which I think is pretty big for the UK, as our topography is a bit limiting. That's a shame, I hope those parti...
by Countrypaul
Thu Jun 05, 2025 3:08 pm
Forum: Media and Culture
Topic: HPC
Replies: 177
Views: 71589

Re: HPC

Forgive me my little rant please ! https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/report-lays-out-failure-at-nuclear-power-plant/ar-AA1G3inI?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LGTS&cvid=3e705c36d8854eafad080bdea7317229&ei=24 Oh how sad I thought the independent was a semi reasonable paper but how can someone make...