On-site generation only works if you get good value for the energy you produce. For example, the viability of CHP (and the resulting cost of heat) depends on the price you get for the electricity you generate. So what are your options? You could export to the grid under an offtake contract with a licensed [...]
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will “license light” boost local generation?
Posted in chp, ESCO, london, private wire, utilities, tagged DECC, DNO, DUoS, GLA, license light, OFGEM on March 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
guide to third party access for private wire
Posted in private wire, tagged third party access on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Isabelle McKenzie has put up a very useful post on the Fontenergy blog describing the practicalities of third party access for private wire networks. She starts with background info on the Balance and Settlement Code before going on to outline the two main strategies for allowing third party access. Will private wire always be an [...]
planning reports may be ticking time bombs
Posted in biomass, chp, climate change, Code for Sustainable Homes, energy, engineering, london, private wire, renewable energy, SAP, sustainability, zero carbon, tagged Merton Rule on August 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
For consultants, energy reports for planning are fantastic: a bit of SAP, a few benchmarks, some spreadsheet magic, and hey presto you’re sending an invoice. But the contents of the energy report can have huge implications, in some cases committing the scheme to commercially or legally impossible strategies, causing delays and increasing costs later in [...]
the missing team member – comment from an ESCO
Posted in ESCO, feed in tariff, private wire, utilities, zero carbon on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
As Phil Clark pointed out in a comment on my last post, there’s a very good piece in Building on the disappearance of ESCOs. This is a subject near to my heart as I’m part of Fontenergy, an independent ESCO.
what is an ESCO?
Posted in chp, energy, engineering, ESCO, private wire, renewable energy, sustainability, zero carbon on June 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Most people who work in the built environment agree that ESCO stands for Energy Services Company. But that seems to be the only thing about ESCOs that everyone agrees on – the term can mean vastly different things to different people. So what is an ESCO? The short answer is: there’s no one answer. Here’s [...]
zero carbon must not depend on private wires
Posted in Code for Sustainable Homes, private wire, renewable energy, SAP, zero carbon on January 19, 2009 | 8 Comments »
In a blog post earlier this month, Mark Brinkley wrote that the zero carbon agenda is dependent on private wire networks, which he contends are anti-competitive. While I have a lot of respect for Mark, in this case his arguments aren’t valid. Here’s why.
zcc III: onsite, offsite, and the role of private wires
Posted in biomass, chp, Code for Sustainable Homes, energy, engineering, private wire, renewable energy, SAP, sustainability, wind turbines, zero carbon, tagged zero carbon consultation on January 8, 2009 | 2 Comments »
From the zero carbon consultation, you can see that CLG has accepted that we need to resolve the onsite / offsite question. They have also moved away from the requirement for private wire networks or “direct connections” between generators and homes since it caused all sorts of problems. So positive moves from CLG, but there [...]
zero carbon consultation II: summary
Posted in Code for Sustainable Homes, energy, engineering, private wire, renewable energy, SAP, stamp duty exemption, sustainability, zero carbon, tagged CLG, zero carbon consultation on December 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
In case you don’t fancy wading through it, this is a brief summary of the zero carbon consultation doc. While nothing will be finalised until next summer (after they’ve ruminated over the responses), the document does give some insight into the way CLG is leaning on some issues. At the core of the document is [...]
Zero Carbon consultation published
Posted in climate change, Code for Sustainable Homes, energy, private wire, renewable energy, sustainability, tagged Code 6, zero carbon consultation, zero carbon definition on December 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just under the wire! The CLG has published the consultation on zero carbon. Big hat tip to Mr Devlin. Comments to follow shortly.
private wire NOT illegal
Posted in private wire, tagged Citiworks, ECJ on November 27, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Some people have got the wrong end of the stick on the Citiworks ruling. But some companies appear to be deliberately spreading misinformation to further their own ends. Just to be clear the ECJ ruling doesn’t make private wire illegal. It does require that private wire networks allow third party access. In other words, if [...]
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