Smart meters, nearly fell off my stool.

[The Natural Philosopher]

dont tell porkies

[The Natural Philosopher]

as against about £100 supporting renewables

Indeed

[Andy Burns]

Also doesn't Hinckley C strike price go down if Sizewell C goes ahead?

[tim...]

there will be no repeat builds of the same design

HMG wont sign off on this price again (realising that they made a mistake agreeing this deal)

and no-one will build commercially at a lower strike price

[tim...]

that was the theory with the first generation builds

In practice, unexpected build and operating costs meant that day when they had paid for themselves and prices could be reduced, never came

Increasing costs with current generation nukes being built in other countries suggest that the same will happen with them

[tim...]

we can't

only idiots will see that as a good idea

That's what's wrong with the TPTB dictating a solution, based upon a presumption of best (from emission pov) alternative.

Most of us wont put in the best alternative and just replace with panel heaters

[tim...]

There may be theoretically available solutions

but you will struggle (in the UK) to get buyers thinking that it's a good idea when trying to sell your house.

They have to become a "normal" solution for that to happen

[The Natural Philosopher]

Of course they will.

SMRs are specifically designed to come in at the £40/MWh mark.

What has to happen however is that the government undertakes it wont - even if some random collection of Greens get into coalition - ban nuclear power without compensation, or require that completely unrealistic insurance policies be taken out by nuclear power companies.

ArtStudents? and Ecowarriors have stacked the regulatory deck against nuclear in any way they could, TRIPLING the build costs.

It has to stop, or the country will collapse from 'renewable' lack of energy.

[Andrew]

What about the small modular reactor design that the Rolls-Royce consortium are proposing ?

[bert]

The tendency seems to be for people to do the work initially but then get bored with it and by the end of the year average saving of about £11.

[bert]

All my appliances came with a little label on them telling me how much powere they consume.

[bert]

I read recently that RR are seeking £300m just to get their design through approval.

[tim...]

the price of electric has nothing to do with it

there are plenty of houses that are electric only that have to have electric water heating

and they all have a bloody great big hot water storage tank that you either have to "remember" to heat up before you want to use it, or have it on 24/7 (Ok you can set it via timer, but you still have to get that set right)

Almost no-one at all, in the UK, has an electric instantaneous hot water system for whole house use

No it doesn't (because I believe that they require a beefed up electric supply that UK domestic installations do not have as the default).

Oh no it isn't

[Theo]

An interesting RFI tale... https://octopus.energy/blog/perils-working-tech-innovators/

[jon]

Old Nikola would turn in his grave, if he could.

[Max Demian]

"an inverter (a type of rectifier)"

Who is expected to read that guff?

[The Natural Philosopher]

yes. As an electrical engineer while the problem is utterly familiar the language in use is more like marketing-spik