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What do you do with a broken PV panel. I have one!
Storm Desmond vs my 4kw PV system. Storm had a good go. Bracket must have got loose and the wind did the rest Desmond did the dirty on my PV system over Christmas. One of my PV panels has been...
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Battery storage. Should I or what?
All I seem to be reading about at the moment is how battery storage will plug the gap from generation to consumption and make us all very rich or at least smug. I hear stories from neighbours with PV...
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Dyffryn Gardens – work continues apace on the new heating system
I made my first visit down to Dyffryn Gardens after the Christmas break to have a look see how things were coming along. First off was a look at the heating project where we are replacing the ageing...
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Review of the year 2015. National Trust Wales Going Green… still at it!
There has been a lot to smile about in 2015. National Trust Wales have been doing some good stuff over the last year. But 2016 will see us changing gear and going for it… (we think we know what ‘it’...
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Bodnant Garden – growing our own energy
So I have been quiet on the blog front recently (Mr Jones keeps telling me), so thought time to give an update on what I have been up to over the last month. Whilst I was away working on the REI...
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Government consultation after consultation but its good to see tangible...
Shiny! The vision, drive and bloody mindedness of a team of dedicated community volunteers can do miraculous things… look it’s here in a vision of blue! Raising my nose out of a spreadsheet and the...
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Sunshine in every cuppa at Bodnant Garden cafe
Enjoying a cuppa in the Tea Pavilion cafe are, from left, Tom Jones of Mini Muckshift; Gareth Jones of Carbon Zero; William Greenwood, Bodnant’s property manager; and Alex Turrell, the National Trust’s...
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A thing of beauty is being built in National Trust Bodnant. PV can be...
Following the landscape. Working with the grain of the land rather than against it. The ballast bins are mostly in place. The Panasonic panels will be installed next week. They will be bridging each of...
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National Trust Bodnant Garden will be growing energy this autumn.
One of the top Gardens in the UK is going lower carbon. The largest energy budget at the internationally significant gardens at National Trust Bodnant is the use of electricity. As we have explained...
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Bullet has been bit… After a lot of trailing, testing and infrastructure...
This city car is not quite in the city! We grow the fuel for it on the farm (PV and small hydro) we will let you know how it goes! This morning and it was Snowdon again with our esteemed colleagues...
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Wow, wow, wow… the orchids are back! PV looking great as well! Plas Newydd
If you feel jaded by the whole ‘life’ thing. A walk through this meadow sort of puts a spring back into it!. Popped over to Plas Newydd a couple of days ago to see if the ‘Coterie’ was back… Collective...
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Do solar PV trackers make a difference in the UK?
The solar tracker at Garwnant. Looks the business. I have asked what the yield is like in Kwhs? Looks like a 4KWp system I don’t know! This is why I’m asking! I passed a very interesting one today when...
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The heat is on. Multiple renewable heating systems being installed by the...
The old farm-house in the back ground. The first of the 3 x 100m boreholes being finished. The newer farm-house on the right has the Klover 120 wood pellet range cooker installed. Demonstration farm! A...
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Heating and the South West – A world of possibilities
Sometimes I just stop and go “wow” The start of last week found me down in the South-West doing what I think is the best part of my job = being nosey at some stunning properies. The Renewable Energy...
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Views from Brazil. Interns perspective of her first 4 weeks with National...
Samanta with the Chirk Castle Biomass system Hi! My name is Samanta, I am an Environmental Engineering student from Brazil, taking part in a project called ‘Science without Borders’, a programme...
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What does ‘good’ solar development look like? Lots of bumblebees, direct...
Guy Parker shared best practice for biodiversity Last Thursday was another Fit4Future event – this time a workshop for those interested, or already developing, large-scale (ground-mounted) solar. The...
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Fit for the Future Network event at Plas Newydd
Last Thursday around 100 people enjoyed a great Fit for the Future Network event at Plas Newydd. a wide range of members from Local Authorities, community action groups, universities and national...
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A great Green Champions Workshop
By Charis Fowler: Yesterday we had another of our Midlands Green Champion Workshops. I found it great (even if I did arrange it myself!). We all got together at the Wolseley Sustainable Building...
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Community Energy. Homework getting serious!
The team hard at work. The community room above the famous Pete’s Eats cafe in Llanberis What do I, Paula, Alun, Maldwyn, Gwyndaf, Emlyn, Ifor, George have in common? We are now directors of an...
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Llanerchaeron Pv generating whatever the weather, and that’s no bull
Spent a day down at Llanerchaeron recently checking on the performance of the 37kw photovoltaic system, catching up with property staff on the ongoing progress they are making, and explaining to the...
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