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That's the trouble with lending books Ti.... You never see them again (??s! @eggsarascal)

Lions, donkeys & dinosaurs Ti ?

That’s interesting. Availability of sufficient (free) wood / chip / pellet is a factor that might change the figures but I can see that as a significant factor for the Arbtalk dweller, maybe not the average Joe.

Next upgrade for solar PV may well be a battery bank with V2G compatible car. Charge the car up all day for free then suck down the leccy at night for free! Upfront costs might be a bit cheeky but the shits and giggles of free leccy would be worth it ?

Best not try 'ring finder'.. Or 'I've got wood.' ?

Log On?

I’d agree. They didn’t reckon on picking a fight with someone that gave less of a fuck though. I “can” be generous to a fault but if I’d fight to the death if I thought I’d been short changed by tuppence..... ?

I’ll have to find the report by an eminent tax law chamber that commented on the case as fundamental David V Goliath type scenario. I rowed with HMRC for a while, then told them to fuck off and invited them to join me in front of the lower tier tribunal which went about 75% in my favour. My attempt to get it before the upper tier tribunal for the other 25%, which I knew I could win, was rejected by the beak at the Royal Courts of Justice. It was a bit of a hoot to be fair.... But ever since, HMRC can suck my plums. If it’s not illegal or improper they can absolutely fuck off, I wouldn’t give them the steam off my piss.

You don’t need one J, they are muppets and easy enough to make them look like it in front of a judge - been there, done that ?

Wholesale simplification of a system which has added endless layers of complexity upon complexity would be a grand starting point. Maybe if the whole system was so ‘straight forward’ that the need for flash suits to prepare submissions was made redundant - well that’d be a start!

Won’t make you overly popular with the vegan / ALF brigades and (apart from the moral dilemma) not sure how cost effective (or neighbour friendly) it would be.....? Is the livestock subsidised by some sort of CAP subsidy??

25-28 degrees ? Avoid all strenuous activity and strip down to undercrackers!

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Meh..... The problem (in larger part) would not exist if historic orders were properly reviewed and updated.

That'd be the day! If only it actually happened!!

I’ve heard of folks getting a visit / audit but never had one myself (so far.) I only use a ton of pellets a year but that’s DHW, 1 hr burn most (but not every) day during winter. Hot water is solar thermal in summer and heating is log burners in the hoose in winter. If you can start again with a new system / new tariff after 7 years I wouldn’t hesitate to upgrade to log gasification + larger thermal store. Definitely one to watch.

What paperwork are you burdened by Taff? I have an annual online declaration of continued ownership / serviceability of the system. 5 minutes work per year... I would be tempted to shift from pellet to wood burning with a larger storage capacity on the next upgrade - but that has more to do with personal circumstances rather than being unhappy with the pellet system.

"now" could benefit from some definition though.... Commercial RHI was rolled out 2012 (from memory), domestic RHI 2014ish. At that time we were still well and truly under the oppressive yoke of EU domination and whilst the avoidance of punitive fines may have been a strong driver for such incentives.... Roll forward to 2016 referendum - where the MAJORITY of the UK decided to say FU EU for a wide and varied number of well considered, deeply researched national and personal interest reasons... And here we are at the curtain call of 2019 and the process of 'leaving' the political union of federal Europe is only just starting to gain traction. So for domestic RHI with a 7 year term, 2021 sees it coming to a close anyway for the early entrants. That said, and as can be applied across the ENTIRE spectrum of (soon to be former) EU compliance, UK national processes (many of which far exceeded the minimum standards imposed by the EU) will stay EXACTLY as they were before UNTIL, by act of parliament, they are changed to a more tailored solution. Planes will still fly, manufacturers will still manufacture, sellers will still sell, buyers will still buy, medicines and foodstuff will still flow backwards and forwards.... All in exactly the same manner as they have done for generations and the likelihood of plague, pestilence, riot and disorder will quietly be forgotten - most embarrassingly by those that tried to convince the gullible that the world would stop turning the day after the EU referendum. So, yes, we ARE leaving the EU and the 'requirement' to comply with EU emissions directives will cease to apply. Should that be read as meaning RHI / solar PV tariffs etc will immediately slam into a brick wall? Personally, I anticipate UK national requirements will exceed current EU directives and therefore the incentive to encourage roll-out of renewable systems will increase - but that increase will be UK initiated not for fear of incurring punitive EU fines. (for Mull) The short answer is yes, we are (finally) leaving the EU. It doesn't make any difference...

You ‘could’ get commercial FiT if you had a community heating system. Slightly different way of approaching things.

Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) WWW.OFGEM.GOV.UK Non-Domestic RHI administered by E-Serve: who’s eligible, how to apply and what are your obligations.

Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) WWW.OFGEM.GOV.UK The Domestic RHI is administered by E-Serve. This page contains information on eligibility, tariff rates, how to apply...

I almost went over to commercial (which is where the bigger bucks are) when there seemed an interminable delay to domestic roll-out. It meant underground piping and metering to an out building and registration as business unit (with small business rebate) more faff than I could be bothered with but... If you can get on the commercial tariff it is a much better return. 2 or more domestic properties or a domestic & a business unit connected to the same central qualifying boiler unit = commercial tariff. Single domestic residence = domestic tariff. If you can get on the commercial, that's the way to go...

From my - non current - experience, none of those were stoppers or penalty circumstances like they are now for solar PV tariff.

From memory - I'm thinking 9 for 2x solar thermal panels in roof, boiler, plumbing and elec instal. I can have a pull through the paperwork and confirm. I just did a google and first hit was ?. Scroll down to costs have a quick read, but I'd advise caution - they are saying 20% return over 20 years, that 'may' be true but it rings an alarm bell since domestic RHI is a 7 year term.... Biomass Boilers | Wood Pellet | Wood Chip | Log WWW.TRECO.CO.UK We’ve supplied and installed over 800 biomass boilers since 2006. Read about our biomass boilers here or contact us to...

I may be behind the current regs Andy, but unlike solar PV where there is a diminishing tariff rate for each penalty circumstance (lack of cavity wall insulation or loft, no double glazing etc etc) this was not the case for biomass. Least not entirely. Chummy came and did an EPC survey (now that's money for old rope!) and whilst it was noted that a 200 year old stone built detached house could not realistically be subjected to wall insulation, for example, it was not a penalty in relation to tariff rate. So long as all reasonable measures were in place - led lights, majority double glazing, loft insulation etc etc it didn't reduce or disqualify from top tariff. As I say, this was all 7ish years ago so no guarantee its still current.