Category: Energy
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SMART Meters consistently disappoint
Almost everyone that has had a SMART Meter installed has been underwhelmed by the result. The generation 1 smart meters were anything but smart. Bizarrely, the meters could only be read by the energy company that had installed it. This is a particularly perverse outcome. A whole industry was created around customers switching utility suppliers,…
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Energy Abundance
The world is without doubt a better place with abundant inexpensive energy. But the question arises, can we still continue to advance as a society if energy costs permanently become more expensive?
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Savings Sessions are back!
The Electricity System Operator (ESO) has just launched the 2023/24 Demand Flexibility Service. This is an incentive scheme to get businesses and customers to reduce their power requirements at certain times. We have previously blogged about the 22/23 scheme, which was judged a success, with 1.6 million households taking part and saving over 3,300MWh of…
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GivEnergy EV Charger
GivEnergy are shortly to release their EV charger to the market. We believe that this will be a game changer for GivEnergy’s position in the marketplace.
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Reasons to achieve Energy Independence
If you want to insure yourself from external price shocks, you too should consider investing in a home energy system.
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The “sunk cost fallacy” of gas heating
The principle reason to go down the hydrogen route is because we have an extensive existing grid network for distributing gas, a professional trade body that is experienced in supplying and fitting central heating boilers, and a customer base that is well adapted to benefit from gas fired central heating. These are the sunk costs.…
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“To what extent are governments the driving force of change?”
Governments are not (and never have been) the driving force of change. Private enterprise drives innovation. These changes to how we heat and power our homes are happening now, irrespective of government U-turns.
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Energy prices are set to fall
The headline news on energy prices is to be welcomed, in particular that the average duel fuel bill will reduce to £1923 in October 2023. At Brimstone Energy, we take the view that householders should aspire to permanently reduce their energy costs.
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XLINKS – Moroccan renewablepower in the UK
It sounds like chat down the pub. “It’s very sunny in Morocco, so why don’t we just bring Solar Power from Morocco to the UK?” Well, this is the exact premise of the XLINKS project. Octopus Energy have recently invested £5 million into the scheme, and are using this in their advertising at the moment,…
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Single Phase and Three Phase
You may have heard of 3 Phase Electricity. In domestic settings in the UK we only use single phase, whereas in commercial settings we usually use 3 Phase electricity. What is the difference, and should I get myself a 3 phase power supply?