EMMA (Energy and Micro-Generator Manager)

[billi]

sure i sound  pathetic /morally and not as frugal  as you might think  , but even beside this  i  would have better ideas to spent my cash  ( is it  more than 2500 GBP for the EMMA ?)

let it be a Solar thermal idea , or a Heatpump, a woodburner   or just 2kw more PV  instead of a small electonic box  that costs and does not add to the whole idea

[2ndBillericay]

I have spoken to another friend who has information on a device similar to the EMMA fo r£150 but is a self install. as soon as i get the info i will post it.

[Automan]

I was thinking about that also.

If the UK did start to produce 40% or more of power with PV and wind what will happen when the sun is not out (or night) and no wind?

To meet the demand we will still need enough power stations to meet over 100% of the load and when the sun is out and the wind blows these will still have to be ready to generate at very short notice.

And of course power stations in the state will not be cost effective to their owners.

So at the end of the day will it cost us all more?

Automan.

Maybe i am strange too     and sarcastic

Best thing what can happen is to flood the Grid with renewable units  in my opinion  , sounds strange , but will possibly result in a wider acceptance for future developments  and open up a Market

we live in an very important time  and i think  its the wrong time to burn  PV units  yet


Maybe in 30 -40 years ( hopefully )


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-29/solar-may-produce-most-of-world-s-power-by-2060-iea-says.html

[skyewright]

let it be a Solar thermal idea , or a Heatpump, a woodburner   or just 2kw more PV  instead of a small electonic box  that costs and does not add to the whole idea

My thought too.

For people with typical household sized PV systems isn't solar thermal likely to be a better proposition to spend money on, even without RHI?

Off topic, but personally I think it's a pity that export meters were not factored into the FIT scheme as a standard thing (surely these highly qualified MCS accredited sparks could be trusted to fit an export meter as well as a generation one?), and perhaps with the balance between the generation and export tariffs tweaked to more encourage export. However, we've got what we've got...

[skyewright]

I have spoken to another friend who has information on a device similar to the EMMA fo r£150 but is a self install. as soon as i get the info i will post it.

If so then it's dropped to just 10% of the price it was 12 months ago!

[john999boy]

I have spoken to another friend who has information on a device similar to the EMMA fo r£150 but is a self install. as soon as i get the info i will post it.

If so then it's dropped to just 10% of the price it was 12 months ago!

I think he's referring to the interesting 'gadget' that Edward (echase) has mentioned on another thread.