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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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