Never mind the EVCPs, what about the boilers.

Yes, the ban on new buildings with gas  boilers is already scheduled to come into effect in 3 1/2 years time.


Couple that to red diesel vanishing as an option for heating  commercial buildings  and  generator fuel next year, and we can look forward to higher electrical demand. ( domestic use of oil heating remains on the low tax rate for for now, but place your bets as to what may happen next)


However the proposals from Faith Birol at the International Energy Agency (IEA), basically extend that to cover no new fossil fuel boilers of any kind  should be sold from 2025. 

If that proposal gets adopted by governments then that is a different matter, as in effect all current installations would be on a ticking clock until available  spares run out.

I'm inclined to agree that is a very brave target to propose.

Especially given that we have a lot of hundred  year old or older housing stock that leaks heat from every pore and we have not managed to fix that at any time in the last 50 years or so. Things take far longer. After all, there is plenty of single glazing still in use, and double glazing has been de-facto since the 1970s oil crisis, and a building regs requirement when replacing windows for a touch over 20 years. There a whole housing estates with 1950s solid wall housing that cannot be cavity filled (not that it stops salesmen ringing up to try and sell it of course.)


If we started with 'negawatts'  by designing houses that are insulated and have a larger volume so the surface to volume ratio is more favourable, that would be a start, and upgrading the older ones to a less 'leaky' standard. So far this has been pretty poor all round.

The disconnection between the airy aspiration, and the state on the ground is remarkable, and at some point reality will bite.


And yes there are not enough kVa either.

Mike.

Yes, the ban on new buildings with gas  boilers is already scheduled to come into effect in 3 1/2 years time.


Couple that to red diesel vanishing as an option for heating  commercial buildings  and  generator fuel next year, and we can look forward to higher electrical demand. ( domestic use of oil heating remains on the low tax rate for for now, but place your bets as to what may happen next)


However the proposals from Faith Birol at the International Energy Agency (IEA), basically extend that to cover no new fossil fuel boilers of any kind  should be sold from 2025. 

If that proposal gets adopted by governments then that is a different matter, as in effect all current installations would be on a ticking clock until available  spares run out.

I'm inclined to agree that is a very brave target to propose.

Especially given that we have a lot of hundred  year old or older housing stock that leaks heat from every pore and we have not managed to fix that at any time in the last 50 years or so. Things take far longer. After all, there is plenty of single glazing still in use, and double glazing has been de-facto since the 1970s oil crisis, and a building regs requirement when replacing windows for a touch over 20 years. There a whole housing estates with 1950s solid wall housing that cannot be cavity filled (not that it stops salesmen ringing up to try and sell it of course.)


If we started with 'negawatts'  by designing houses that are insulated and have a larger volume so the surface to volume ratio is more favourable, that would be a start, and upgrading the older ones to a less 'leaky' standard. So far this has been pretty poor all round.

The disconnection between the airy aspiration, and the state on the ground is remarkable, and at some point reality will bite.


And yes there are not enough kVa either.

Mike.