the solarblogger

Comment and opinion on the solar industry and its development, low-carbon construction and refurbishment, and Government policy in relation to energy efficiency and renewables.

Wednesday, 25 July 2018

Solar By Others

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How to Get What you Want and not Get What You're Given Architects, developers and planning officers often go to exacting...

Tuesday, 8 May 2018

BIPV

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What is BIPV and what are the advantages of this approach to using solar on our buildings? Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV)...

Wednesday, 18 April 2018

Housebuilding Rates Unaffected by Higher Energy Efficiency

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So Where's the Cliff Edge? When faced with potential legislation that would require them to build homes that use less energy, emit l...

Thursday, 22 February 2018

Stop Worrying About Lithium, Start Worrying about Cobalt

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How the Energy Transition is Critically Dependent on a Failing State in Africa I recently wrote a blog about how much Lithium we migh...

Wednesday, 17 January 2018

What is Energiesprong?

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Deeply revealing - the depth of the window reveals indicate the thickness of insulation in warm, comfortable Energiesprong homes. Image:...

Tuesday, 16 January 2018

A Brief History of UK Energy Efficiency Policy

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The track record of UK initiatives to encourage us to make our homes more energy efficient has been patchy to say the least. The sch...

Thursday, 28 December 2017

Battery Storage Blues?

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Evaporation ponds concentrate Lithium salts for extraction Could a Shortage of Lithium Hold Back the Market for Renewables? Energy ...

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