BetaTalk - The Renewable Energy and Low Carbon Heating Podcast

Exploring innovations in thermal storage solutions for energy efficiency, collaborations in the evolving energy sector, efficiency challenges in the industry, technology feedback for flexibility in the electricity market, disrupting systems with Octopus, and concluding discussion with sponsorship acknowledgement.

Send us a textIn this first episode of season 6 I chat with some of the people in the Carbon CoOp teamYou can hear what they are all about and how they have been helping people navigate through the cacophony of retrofit and renewable heating advice. They are one of my favourites out there and really understand the challenge.Matt is very much an enthusiast, like myself, in monitoring  buildings and heating with sensors etc in order to engender better outcomes and encourage learning. In keeping with an IoT theme please welcome my new sponsor: Farnell, who have an event happing soon. They also have a Raspberry Pi Solutions Kit and you will hear me discuss Raspberry Pi with the Carbon Coop team on this episode. "This episode was brought to you by Farnell, your global distributor of electronic components, products and solutions"Use the  10% discount code BETATALK10 with Farnell purchases over £50Support the showLearn more about heat pump heating by followingNathan on Linkedin, Twitter and BlueSky

Send us a textNathan speaks to his good friend and his control expert David Newton. David started his career in controls back in the 70s and has interesting stories.The conversation centres around the fact it is not a technical problem which needs solving but a human one. Support the showLearn more about heat pump heating by followingNathan on Linkedin, Twitter and BlueSky

Send us a textIn this episode Nathan talks to Thomas Nowak the Secretary General of the EHPA.Thomas has a wealth of knowledge in the European Heat Pump space and has  been disseminating good advice for quite some time.Take a listenWe are currently the #1 energy podcast in the UK hereSupport the showLearn more about heat pump heating by followingNathan on Linkedin, Twitter and BlueSky

Send us a textIn this episode Nathan chats to retired physicists Michael de Podesta about his video on how to quickly get an idea of the heat loss of your home. You can follow him on Twitter at  @Protons4B and find his blog hereSupport the showLearn more about heat pump heating by followingNathan on Linkedin, Twitter and BlueSky

Send us a textOne of my favourite conversations:Adam is a rare entity. He is a heating engineer but understands extremely well the tech world now entering the heating industry and will play an important part. It is a frank conversation and we hope you enjoy and get something from itSupport the showLearn more about heat pump heating by followingNathan on Linkedin, Twitter and BlueSky

Send us a textThe Renewable Heat Incentive is about to finish and the Boiler Upgrade Scheme is about to start. Heat pump installation companies have found themselves in a state of limbo and an open letter has been drafted to put forward their concerns to BEIS and OFGEMThis episode is in response to those concerns and features policy expert Richard Lowes, Dan Kelly & Jim McKenzie  from https://www.dartmoorenergy.co.uk/, regular guest Leah Robinson from https://www.yourenergyyourway.co.uk/, and other regular guests James Clark from https://www.elitesg.co.uk/ and Steve Webster from https://www.egeenergy.com/Support the showLearn more about heat pump heating by followingNathan on Linkedin, Twitter and BlueSky

Send us a textNathan knows the good people at NESTA quite well and likes their pragmatism. In this episode Nathan has a chat with Madeleine Gabriel the sustainable mission director and Andrew Sissons, the deputy mission director.They discuss insulation and how you do not need deep retrofit for heat pumps to work, even efficiently. Conversation also discusses the cost of heat pump installations and the electricity price.A great episodeSupport the showLearn more about heat pump heating by followingNathan on Linkedin, Twitter and BlueSky

Exploring battery technology for homes with insights on DIY projects, repurposing old batteries for off-grid setups, optimizing energy usage with storage systems, PV arrays, inverter limitations, grid synchronization, longevity of storage systems, warranties, rising energy demands for homes, and future technologies in heating.

Send us a textNathan chats to Stephanie who was monitoring heat pump systems out in Canada.One of the things Nathan is passionate about is using monitoring and Smart HTC to measure real heat loss. Monitoring can also be used to establish performance and highlight either faulty equipment or bad installation practice.In the Autumn of 2021 Nathan gave evidence to a policy commission involving members of BEIS, the CCC and OFGEM on the importance of monitoring.Enjoy the episodeSupport the showLearn more about heat pump heating by followingNathan on Linkedin, Twitter and BlueSky