All nuclear reactors to restart by this winter

[d000hg]

Medium term I'm looking to buy a wind turbine. I've decided to use the money I get from fossil fuel drilling and refining to fund it.

Did you know you can buy shares in wind turbines? https://rippleenergy.com/

[mattster]

As the panels will be up there for 20+ years and need a good anchor it'd be really stupid to install the panels before sorting the roof

Also get an inverter with a passive heat sink and install it in a cool place such as a garage as the ones with fans chew quite a lot of electricity

yeah, that's the annoying thing. I could probably just about afford panels + battery now, but the roof adds another £30k I reckon which means a few more years of waiting.. potentially covering the period with the highest energy prices.

[tazdevil]

yeah, that's the annoying thing. I could probably just about afford panels + battery now, but the roof adds another £30k I reckon which means a few more years of waiting.. potentially covering the period with the highest energy prices.

Combine the costs and invest in solar tiles

[SueEllen]

Did you know you can buy shares in wind turbines? https://rippleenergy.com/

Yep.

Thanks to someone posting the energy dashboard link I started looking it all up.

So I'm going to invest my profits from dirty energy into cleaner energy, and I shall be able to look my younger relations in the face.

Edited to say: my own utility supplier is a green energy electricity supplier to the grid. They were amongst the cheapest with best customer service and the least chance of going bust when I changed to them. Now I'm stuck with them....

[d000hg]

Combine the costs and invest in solar tiles

Quite an interesting idea for new builds I think although does this mean you need to replace your entire roof every few decades?

[vetran]

Quite an interesting idea for new builds I think although does this mean you need to replace your entire roof every few decades?

Most slate roofs last 60 years in our environment.

https://www.marley.co.uk/blog/what-i...ear%20lifespan.

Tesla are offering a 25 year guarantee.

Now US roofs are more likely to be shingle and last 30 years

https://www.tckroofing.co.uk/news/ho...0%2D30%20years

Now I suspect placing flat slate like tiles on a backing like ply / tile backing would be the most economical way to create a solar roof. Tiles would probably be flatter and less likely to move.

[d000hg]

Most slate roofs last 60 years in our environment.

https://www.marley.co.uk/blog/what-i...ear%20lifespan.

Tesla are offering a 25 year guarantee.

Now US roofs are more likely to be shingle and last 30 years

https://www.tckroofing.co.uk/news/ho...0%2D30%20years

Now I suspect placing flat slate like tiles on a backing like ply / tile backing would be the most economical way to create a solar roof. Tiles would probably be flatter and less likely to move.

Only 60 years for slate, blimey. That's a short life for shingles too though American houses are much more timber focused... and they just tear them down and build new ones anyway.
But a slate costs about a quid and a shingle pennies... and they are not polluting or hard to recycle.

[vetran]

Only 60 years for slate, blimey. That's a short life for shingles too though American houses are much more timber focused... and they just tear them down and build new ones anyway.
But a slate costs about a quid and a shingle pennies... and they are not polluting or hard to recycle.

my apologies I meant tile as well - was failing to multitask.

Slate frequently lasts longer if the bed is good(used to live in a slate roofed house). Tiles crack more often.

Though shingles (they mean the asphalt ones not Cedar) are from fossil fuels and guess where most of our asphalt comes from Tovarich?

Though Cedar which are both beautiful and fairly green can last 50 years apparently.

https://www.customshingles.com/blog/...f-a-cedar-roof

Metal has 50 years but cooking panels isn't a good idea.

Even if some of the tiles fail internally so long as the configuration is redundant the output will just fall. So you may not need a new roof any sooner. Also being plastic and probably on a flat baseboard decent external insulation should be easier.