There is a lot of investment into waste oil, natural plant oil synthetic oil as well.I can see the oil industry investing in vehicle electricity infrastructure to have the same monopoly they have now, industrial and domestic being separate entities too, all financially motivated.
so we use the renewables to produce h...... and we use what while that is happening?Correct, and the current thinking is to use other renewable sources to produce electricity during the day; then at night the generation is used to produce gases.
So 5 big electric generation sites gone by 2030 just as lecky cars are all there is, house heating going lecy even with AS GS heat pumps extra load on generation. What percentage of people can afford to fit Hpumps & older properties do not lend themselves anyhow
How long has Hinkley D been around it is not a 5 year contract to design & build a Nuk station, & None of the builders have a stellar record with build on budget/time & containment either.
I like the idea of renewable but it is not a totally viable alternative.
If the heat pump idea is to grow we need indigenous manufacturing not buying from OS as @Kayos alludes to,
Are they a UK Co or aCo base in uk
Non-surplus electricity?so we use the renewables to produce h...... and we use what while that is happening?
My problem with most energy projects is the math.Removing electric heating and fitting heat pumps
30-40% is the figures we have from the last 700 properties, many are getting even bigger savings but it depends on usean example
My problem with most energy projects is the math.
For an example if electrical heat is 100 dollars a month and you reduce it by 40%, that would be 60 dollars a month, for the heat pump.
Natural gas costs about 30% of what electrical heat does, so natural gas would be about 30 dollars a month.
The heat pumps are better than total electrical, but are not the most economical source of heating.
There are probably other factors involved, but that is how it appears to me
There's small print in there - it's diesel and petrol only powered cars so hybrids will still be available until 2050 (or sooner depending what you read).What we are currently using, if diesel and petrol cars are ceasing production in 2030 they will have to be supported for 10 years after this date so both fuels will be available.
The fact often over looked by the press, so harder to find when you answer with google results.There's small print in there - it's diesel and petrol only powered cars so hybrids will still be available until 2050 (or sooner depending what you read).
Bigger money? In farming? Are you for real?Plus they are looking into the effects of farming in the production of green house gas. But that effects bigger money, so is very slow. Plus it is not in the public eyes.
I agree completely... e.g. i already have a house with piped gas for heating, why on earth would i remove it to fit GS/AS heatpumps and then double my winter energy costs? No thankyou...My problem with most energy projects is the math.
For an example if electrical heat is 100 dollars a month and you reduce it by 40%, that would be 60 dollars a month, for the heat pump.
Natural gas costs about 30% of what electrical heat does, so natural gas would be about 30 dollars a month.
The heat pumps are better than total electrical, but are not the most economical source of heating.
There are probably other factors involved, but that is how it appears to me
What surplus? It’s all going to be under powering the country because we don’t have a contingency for poor renewable days and no on demand generation. Any increase in production over the next 10 years is already going into home heating and carsNon-surplus electricity?
Hydrogen production using electrolysis is likely to be just one part of a diverse mix.
Like everything, it has it's pros and cons.
The big benefit is producing hydrogen using electrolysis can be done on a small scale, so you potentially you don't need to transport it as much as existing fuels. You're local fuel station is likely to install a hydrogen tank, so if there is a suitable power supply near, adding a production system on-site wouldn't be that big a problem.
The big downside is electrolysis is a pretty inefficient way of generating hydrogen, but it at least means power plants can be kept operating more efficiently, and excess renewable energy isn't wasted.
key words right there... unless electricity is made much cheaper, or gas is made much more expensive, no-on with a lick of sense is going to change anything.Natural gas, while being much cheaper than electrical power
16% power from wind atm
G. B. National Grid status
www.gridwatch.templar.co.uk
aye, 13% imported atm, shameful!Best not snip the French extension lead just yet then
Bob