Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ?
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Chris, a warm welcome to sunny Southern Africa 🙂
September 17, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Chris, a warm welcome to sunny Southern Africa 🙂
Please consider joining a new LinkedIN Group for Horticulturalists, Agronomists, Engineers, Building Scientists or Building Physicists, and Agriculturalists.
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>1800 members
August 7, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Please consider joining a new LinkedIN Group for Horticulturalists, Agronomists, Engineers, Building Scientists or Building Physicists, and Agriculturalists.
- Greenhouse Design ( Controlled Environment Agriculture )
www.linkedin.com/groups/12090...
>1800 members
- Greenhouse Design ( Controlled Environment Agriculture )
www.linkedin.com/groups/12090...
>1800 members
Reposted by Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ?
She highlights key actions needed:
👉 Reform EPCs and MEES with clearer, outcome-based metrics
👉 Support landlords with one-stop retrofit shops
👉 Tailor financial tools to landlords’ unique challenges
👉 Use better data for compliance and enforcement
Read more: es.catapult.org.uk/insight/putt....
👉 Reform EPCs and MEES with clearer, outcome-based metrics
👉 Support landlords with one-stop retrofit shops
👉 Tailor financial tools to landlords’ unique challenges
👉 Use better data for compliance and enforcement
Read more: es.catapult.org.uk/insight/putt....
Putting renters at the heart of the Warm Homes Plan
Everyone understands the importance of a warm, healthy home that is affordable to heat - but how we get there is a source of heated debate.
es.catapult.org.uk
August 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
She highlights key actions needed:
👉 Reform EPCs and MEES with clearer, outcome-based metrics
👉 Support landlords with one-stop retrofit shops
👉 Tailor financial tools to landlords’ unique challenges
👉 Use better data for compliance and enforcement
Read more: es.catapult.org.uk/insight/putt....
👉 Reform EPCs and MEES with clearer, outcome-based metrics
👉 Support landlords with one-stop retrofit shops
👉 Tailor financial tools to landlords’ unique challenges
👉 Use better data for compliance and enforcement
Read more: es.catapult.org.uk/insight/putt....
Brett, please keep us updated on any reductions in PNNLs Building Science efforts.
𝗜𝗕𝗣𝗦𝗔 - 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
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July 13, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Brett, please keep us updated on any reductions in PNNLs Building Science efforts.
𝗜𝗕𝗣𝗦𝗔 - 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
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Reposted by Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ?
I’ve just got approval for a 14.4kW system on my Suffolk house, consisting of 28 off 515W panels and 2 off 6 kW inverters. Hardware cost at trade of the above is just £2,500. Add labour and overheads to that (the house is fully scaffolded atm anyway for exterior decoration). Unbelievable.
July 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I’ve just got approval for a 14.4kW system on my Suffolk house, consisting of 28 off 515W panels and 2 off 6 kW inverters. Hardware cost at trade of the above is just £2,500. Add labour and overheads to that (the house is fully scaffolded atm anyway for exterior decoration). Unbelievable.
How did you get your sleep back?
July 11, 2025 at 10:17 PM
How did you get your sleep back?
In South Africa they steal the entire mini-sub with a crane truck. Else they know enough to steal just the neutral cable.
July 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
In South Africa they steal the entire mini-sub with a crane truck. Else they know enough to steal just the neutral cable.
Is this the 5 minute argument?
July 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Is this the 5 minute argument?
No it's not
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- youtu.be/ohDB5gbtaEQ?...
Argument - Monty Python
YouTube video by unmusedtails
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July 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
No it's not
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"Inertia location and slow network modes determine disturbance propagation in large-scale power grids"
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Inertia location and slow network modes determine disturbance propagation in large-scale power grids
Conventional generators in power grids are steadily substituted with new renewable sources of electric power. The latter are connected to the grid via inverters and as such have little, if any rotatio...
journals.plos.org
July 3, 2025 at 12:37 AM
"Inertia location and slow network modes determine disturbance propagation in large-scale power grids"
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
And the best metric is hourly matching - ie. 24/7 Carbon-free Energy
July 3, 2025 at 12:27 AM
And the best metric is hourly matching - ie. 24/7 Carbon-free Energy
" There was a time
A storm that blew so pure "
( This is NOT America )
A storm that blew so pure "
( This is NOT America )
July 3, 2025 at 12:04 AM
" There was a time
A storm that blew so pure "
( This is NOT America )
A storm that blew so pure "
( This is NOT America )
Reposted by Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ?
Totally agree—we should aim for 50, but the early re-panelling risk is real. Some of the C&I installs in the 2022–2024 gold rush were rushed, under-specced, or poorly mounted. But the upside? Next-gen panels are dirt cheap, smarter, and tougher. Swaps will be upgrades, not setbacks.
July 1, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Totally agree—we should aim for 50, but the early re-panelling risk is real. Some of the C&I installs in the 2022–2024 gold rush were rushed, under-specced, or poorly mounted. But the upside? Next-gen panels are dirt cheap, smarter, and tougher. Swaps will be upgrades, not setbacks.
Reposted by Mike Barker - MicroGrids Matter ?
Absolutely. PV won’t just sit on buildings—it will be the building. BIPV is the future: roofs, façades, windows, walls. And let’s not forget the great untapped solar goldmine—carport rooftops. Wasted space just begging to power the grid.
July 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Absolutely. PV won’t just sit on buildings—it will be the building. BIPV is the future: roofs, façades, windows, walls. And let’s not forget the great untapped solar goldmine—carport rooftops. Wasted space just begging to power the grid.