Can you help?

Do you have a heat pump on HeatPumpMonitor.org? If so, we need your help to compile real-world maximum output test data. Watch the video below for how to contribute. There should be some cold temperatures tonight and tomorrow. Thanks! ❄️ 🤞

📸 New Feature: heatpumpmonitor.org now supports uploading photos of systems 😃

We often forget how far we have come: Today almost 3/4 of EU electricity generation is from non-fossil energy sources. It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix. This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation. Source is @ember-energy.org

What makes a heat pump install efficient? 📈 I presented the data-backed insights from @openenergymon.bsky.social heatpumpmonitor.org at a recent CarbonTrust webinar. Watch the recording: youtu.be/C16nBd85XOM?...

I've just documented in an @openenergymon.bsky.social forum post the various methods to read on-board data from the Grant Aerona HP290 heat pump, the data is not very accurate (ignore COP values 😂), but it's still interesting to log community.openenergymonitor.org/t/reading-on...

I've finally got round to editing a video from our EV camper van trip In January 😅 In this episode, we explore Portugal and experience a very dangerous campsite hookup issue 😬https://youtu.be/n9zQ2Ngftpg

Well done Isle of Man! I wasn't aware of this, installing fossil heating in new build houses is bonkers

Heat pump monitoring for last 12months via OpenEnergyMon. These 2 visualizations show the hot water and space heating uses as separate charts.

It's arrived! Thanks to Mars from Renewable Heating Hub for sending over a copy of his new book. It's a fantastic resource for homeowners considering a heatpump, or trying to optimise an existing system. I'm proud to have contributed in a small way 😀

There's not many 10-year-old cars with software this good, or 130kW+ charging speeds! The combination of autopilot and free charging make this the best road trip EV, Tesla was so far ahead of other manufacturers back in 2015, it's a shame they've lost their way a bit...

We're on the verge of the heating season in North Wales, temperature is dropping to 11C, my newly installed Grant Aerona 290 heatpump has started trickling some heat in, impressive low modulation of 2.2kW (366W electrical) from this 9kW unit, COP of 5.7 at the moment 👍

It's good to be back #Ceuse 😃

Want mass heat pump adoption? Fix the running costs. The electricity-to-gas price ratio is key. When policy makes electricity artificially expensive, the cleaner choice isn't the cheaper one. It's time to rebalance energy taxes, as this @thecccuk.bsky.social chart highlights.

I've finally finished upgrading radiators and filling my space heating circuit, 10 rads and a towel rail have been upgraded, all piped TBOE to maximise output, existing rads were old single panel non convector and in poor condition, but I was able to re-use existing pipework 😃

One of my photos has made it onto the front cover of the new North Wales Rock climbing guidebook! 🥳

Good scenes at The Diamond this week! 🧗🌊

I've just published a LinkedIn post on the design and installation process for my home heat pump 😀 @newarkcylinders.bsky.social @openenergymon.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/design...

I've just got my dad bee hive temperature monitor back up and running, we've got 13 years of almost unbroken data on the @openenergymon.bsky.social Emoncms, it's fascinating how the temperature profile in the hive changes during the year 🐝 emoncms.org/beehive/live

We're up and running! Still got some tidying up and lagging to do, but the heatpump is heating DHW, very pleased with the performance of the Grant Arona 290 and the @heat-geek.bsky.social Super Cylinder from @newarkcylinders.bsky.social, COP of 4.64 for first heat up 🤩

Fixing a poorly installed heat pump is so much harder than installing a fresh system, here's an excellent video from Szymon Czaban documenting how they fixed a system, looking forward to seeing the data on @openenergymon.bsky.social 🤓https://youtu.be/dBpmMy1gUVU?si=srwccae7OXyKAjnh

I've made a bit of progress on my heat pump installation this weekend, I've got the outdoor unit in position! I think the new Grant Arona 290 is a nice looking unit 😍

The oil tank has gone, we now have a view from our bedroom! So many advantages upgrading to a heatpump, can't want to get it installed 😃

Big milestone on my ASHP installation in our new house this weekend, the oil boiler has been decommissioned, and the new cylinder has been installed! Currently running off immersion, but even with a COP of 1 this is a 65% Co2 reduction 🥳

Here's the second installment of our trip to Portugal in our 10 year old EV camper van, in this episode we drive across Spain from the Pyrenees to Portugal 🚐🇵🇹⚡ youtu.be/8BiKHMGEzxc

This is such a fantastic initiative! We've been proud to support the pilot by providing @openenergymon.bsky.social monitoring, Speaking from personal experience, installing a heat pump in my own home and living with it through winter while experimenting and optimising has been incredibly valuable 😀

We now have a map view on heatpumpmonitor.org/map 🥳 📌 Find some of the best heat pump installers in your area, based on real world performance data 🌎 Explore examples of real-world heat pump performance data in many countries worldwide @openenergymon.bsky.social

In January, we took our first proper trip in our Nissan eNV200 campervan with the new CCS to Chademo adaptor, it was revolutionary to use Superchargers on the 4300 miles return trip to Portugal, here's a video edit of the first part of the trip 🇵🇹⚡️🚐 youtu.be/BqhTaQyUxV0

Free £7k Heat Pump! @energysyscat.bsky.social are running a trail of A2A (air-to-air) heat pumps, they're currently looking for participants, if eligible you could get a free A2A heat pump installed! 😀https://www.livinglab.energy/HfNZElectricHeatingTrial

Got wood! This is locally sourced Welsh Douglas Fir and Larch from a local sawmill Arfon Timber, it's smells lovely! I'm planning on building a fence with it 🔨https://timber.coop/

There’s been plenty of discussion about the removal of the 1m rule for heat pumps, which is great news! But it’s important to note that this change only applies to England. In Wales, it's still 3m 🤯 www.gov.wales/planning-per...

Yorkshire 🌈😍

Does this still count as hand ground coffee? 😂☕

Wow, look at this: the carbon intensity of UK electricity is currently only 32g/kWh and 86.5% of our electricity right now is coming from renewables. Come on world, this IS possible! And it will only get better (meaning: cleaner, healthier, less intrusive) 🎉 (graphic from grid.iamkate.com )

Negative electric costs tomorrow on @octopus.energy Agile tariff, - 8.6p is bonkers! Definitely going to charge our EV 😀

Is it a Supercharger or not a Supercharger?! First time using one of these, quite confusing 😅

The world’s largest electric vehicle isn’t a car or bus—it’s the eDumper, a 45-tonne mining truck in Switzerland. It hauls 65 tonnes and can finish a shift with more charge than it started, thanks to regenerative braking. If we can electrify mining trucks, what’s next?

Looking forward to this! 😀 www.installershow.com

I can't wait to install a heat pump in our new house and get rid of this smelly monstrosity from the garden! Luckily, it's nearly empty 🤮

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The energy upgrade project in our @openenergymon.bsky.social shared office space CabanCyf has been up and running for almost two months, in that time the PV has generated 6.2MWh saving £1700 worth of electricity 🤩

I've been updating my @home-assistant.io wall-mount display, this is integrating data from @openenergymon.bsky.social @octopus.energy OpenEVSE and OVMS 😀

Lovely evening exploring some new bouldering spots close to home, this weather is amazing 😀

Wow… look at this! 35% of the UK’s electricity is being supplied by solar right now. And yes, it’s a sunny day, but we *already* have the solar capacity for this to happen. And that’s in addition to all the solar that individual homes have, reducing grid demand. ☀️☀️☀️

Two minutes before an @openenergymon.bsky.social video conference, just time for @trystanlea.bsky.social to repair his laptop power plug 😂

Rather enjoyable evening out in the field (literally!) fixing the @openenergymon.bsky.social monitoring on a local hydro station, If been working flawlessly for the past 8 years

So much sun today, our @openenergymon.bsky.social shared office battery has reached 100% ☀️💯

I really enjoyed recording this podcast, it was great to chat to Gregg about @openenergymon.bsky.social all the other fun stuff e.g heat pumps and EVs 😀 This was recorded at the @fullychargedshow.bsky.social Everything Electric show, which explains why I was losing my voice!

There is now an excellent Home Assistant integration for OVMS Open Vehicle Monitoring System, it supports multiple vehicles are all metrics 🥳 🤓 github.com/enoch85/ovms...

@zarch1972.bsky.social do you know if eBUSd can return system pressure?