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Greetings from Italy
Hello everyone!
OK, so actually at the moment we are in London, but we are designing a farmhouse restoration (well, rebuild) in Italy at the moment and hope to have a degree of independence from the utility companies. I've been reading (oh, so MUCH reading) about various heating and electrical options that my head is spinning a bit, but my current thoughts are that we'll do something along these lines;
1) We'll probably use ground source heating ... which puts the electrical load up somewhat.
2) I don't like the idea of grid-tie from the perspective of lack of independence - we are in a rural location and I'd prefer to use off-grid to lower our dependency on the utility co. I'm well aware that from a practical perspective, we won't be able to go completely off-grid and that's just fine.
3) I'd like to be able to sell surplus in the summer back to the grid in order to help balance the costs a little.
So that's the plan! I'll now switch over to another thread and ask a few specific questions to help refine what we're considering so you can tell me that we're barking mad!
Ciao
Roger
OK, so actually at the moment we are in London, but we are designing a farmhouse restoration (well, rebuild) in Italy at the moment and hope to have a degree of independence from the utility companies. I've been reading (oh, so MUCH reading) about various heating and electrical options that my head is spinning a bit, but my current thoughts are that we'll do something along these lines;
1) We'll probably use ground source heating ... which puts the electrical load up somewhat.
2) I don't like the idea of grid-tie from the perspective of lack of independence - we are in a rural location and I'd prefer to use off-grid to lower our dependency on the utility co. I'm well aware that from a practical perspective, we won't be able to go completely off-grid and that's just fine.
3) I'd like to be able to sell surplus in the summer back to the grid in order to help balance the costs a little.
So that's the plan! I'll now switch over to another thread and ask a few specific questions to help refine what we're considering so you can tell me that we're barking mad!
Ciao
Roger
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