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How Does A Heat Pump Work?! THIS Is The Future of Heating!

How Does A Heat Pump Work?! THIS Is The Future of Heating!

Heat pumps are heralded as a super efficient and cost effective way to heat our homes. But what exactly is inside this big box that apparently works like a backwards fridge?!

We sent our resident scientist, Dr Helen Czerski to find out and she did not disappoint!

Cue marble runs, air dusters and bike pumps as she demystifies the inner workings of a heat pump!

Timestamps

0:00 Introduction
0:30 What is a heat pump?
1:00 The Second Law of Thermodynamics
2:52 Getting heat to flow into the house!
3:19 Cold to colder!
5:23 Hot to Hotter!
5:51 Putting it all together!
7:39 Coefficient of Performance – 400% efficient??
9:05 Heat redistribution NOT heat generation!
9:25 Concluding thoughts

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Podcast 181

Podcast 181

Mega Solar Farms – Boosting Biodiversity

This week Robert is joined by Andrew Mott (Planning Manager) and Mark Rowcroft (Development Director) from Exagen. As a company, Exagen take an integrated approach to pairing utility scale solar farms with co-located grid balancing battery storage solutions, but how practical is it to create new solar farms? Andrew and Mark talk through some of the challenges and successes they’ve experienced working with Government and local communities to deliver these large scale projects.

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Meet The $25,000 Electric Pickup Truck!!

Meet The $25,000 Electric Pickup Truck!!

The Radar RD6 Electric Pickup truck is the latest EV from Chinese automaker Geely.

However the Chinese car market isn’t known for its love of pickup trucks, so how does this latest model, available from just $25,000 stackup?

Elliot took it into the mountains to find out!

Timestamps

0:00 What’s the appeal of a pickup truck?
0:48 Introducing the Geely Radar Pickup!
1:27 An affordable electric pickup?!
2:10 Let’s put it to the test
3:20 Design vs practicality
4:22 Range?
4:57 What’s in a name?!
5:33 Interior
8:06 Driving up into the mountains
9:25 A small complaint
10:10 Lotus’ cousin?
11:05 Off Road?
12:00 0-100km/h?!
12:54 A Swiss Army knife not destined for Shanghai
13:38 A tea plantation and what not to like?
14:35 R is for..Romance?!!

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Better Than Net Zero?

Better Than Net Zero?

During 2021 Robert visited Springfield Meadows, just outside Oxford (UK), a new housing development where the houses are not only carbon neutral, they are actually carbon negative.

These eco-homes incorporate all the latest technology for energy generation including solar panels that are integrated within the roof which not only look better than retro-fitting but are also more cost effective.

What’s interesting here is the broader view of sustainable living with residents having access to electric cars, leased from GRIDSERVE, that can be booked on an hourly or daily basis hopefully negating the need for excessive car ownership.

Ssassy developments are planning to build 500 of these climate positive houses over the next 5 years at different locations with the aim of proving that living in a low carbon house can actually improve your quality of living.

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Timestamps

0:00 Intro
0:34 The ethos of the build
1:59 Zero Embodied Carbon
3:02 Insulation
4:00 Variety of Homes
4:38 One Planet Living
5:40 Building in the tech
7:20 Hot Water systems
8:11 EV car club
9:55 Annual savings
10:25 Price comparisons
11:20 Sewage obsession
11:45 Climate positive plans
12:43 What’s next
14:08 Subscribe, support, join

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Leaving the ICE age behind. The future is electric.

Leaving the ICE age behind. The future is electric.

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THIS Home Battery is the Key To Cheaper, Cleaner Energy!

THIS Home Battery is the Key To Cheaper, Cleaner Energy!

Robert Llewellyn went up to MyEnergi HQ in Grimsby to find out about their new Libbi Home Battery, could this be the key to cheaper energy costs?

MyEnergi thinks that their newest product, Libbi may well be the answer. The Libbi Home Energy Battery offers up to 20 Kwh of storage and intelligently manages energy usage to maximise the amount of clean energy a household can use. When teamed with solar panels and MyEnergi’s existing products – the Eddi, Harvi and EV Charger Zappi, the lineup can form a perfect and clever ecosystem that paves the way to energy independence.

Beyond individual households, this exciting alternative to a Tesla Powerwall, is leading the charge towards creating the biggest virtual power plant that would enable even more households to get the benefit of a better balanced and cleaner grid.

For more information on the products shown in this episode visit myenergi.com/libbi

Timestamps

0:00 Where am I?
1:00 A clever ecosystem
2:00 Why make a battery?
3:12 Meet Libbi!
5:44 Making energy easier
7:44 One MASSIVE virtual power plant
9:30 Fish and Grimsby!
11:05 Let’s see it in action!
14:40 What’s next?
15:25 We like this “Green Stuff”

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Podcast 180

Podcast 180

Will Energy Bills Continue To Rise? With Simon Evans

Simon Evans is a Senior Policy Editor at Carbon Brief. UK-based website covering the latest developments in climate science, climate policy and energy policy. They specialise in clear, data-driven articles and graphics to help improve the understanding of climate change, both in terms of the science and the policy response. We publish a wide range of content, including science explainers, interviews, analysis and factchecks.

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This Tesla Contender is Building EVs… And Theme Parks?!

This Tesla Contender is Building EVs… And Theme Parks?!

The VF8 may look like just another electric car but delve a little deeper and you quickly discover that Vinfast, the company behind this car, is on a serious and scarily ambitious mission.

Worldwide, Vingroup may not be a familiar name but in Vietnam Vingroup’s influence touches almost every part of everyday life – from building cities, schools, Artificial Intelligence, hospitals and now electric cars…

With plans to launch the VF8 and VF9 in the US and Europe, a myriad of partnerships and a novel battery leasing model, the question is not only can they do it, but why bother?!

Imogen went to Vietnam to find out.

Timestamps

0:00 Introduction and dried noodles
0:52 Why even bother?!
1:30 Building an empire
2:35 The CEO wants to be top
3:17 DisneyLand?!
4:30 Crypto and NFTs?
6:08 Swamp to Factory – a timeline on steroids
7:17 A bid to go global!
8:27 Sceptics and Iron Man
9:04 Inflation Reduction Act – a massive headache?
10:40 Battery Leasing?
11:58 Back to the noodles and concluding thoughts

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A Tour Of The NEW Aptera Gamma Prototype With CEO Chris Anthony

A Tour Of The NEW Aptera Gamma Prototype With CEO Chris Anthony

Jack Scarlett takes a tour of the new amazing Aptera Gamma prototype with engaging CEO Chris Anthony, discussing what’s new and how near it is to production?

Fully Charged LIVE San Diego saw the global debut of Aptera’s Gamma prototype – the latest iteration of the hyper-efficient two-seater EV that we’ve been obsessed with since driving it earlier this year.

Between panel talks, Jack managed to fight his way through the crowds to join founder and CEO Chris Anthony for a quick tour. What’s new on this Gamma prototype compared to the Beta we featured back in August? How near production is Aptera?

Check out the video to find out!

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Polestar 3 – A Giant SUV That DOESN’T Make Us Angry?!

Polestar 3 – A Giant SUV That DOESN’T Make Us Angry?!

Jack Scarlett heads to Denmark for the global unveiling of the hotly anticipated new Polestar 3.

A large, all-electric SUV which Polestar claims is purpose-built for the sustainable future. But can a giant SUV ever be truly sustainable? Do cars like this deserve a place in our future at all?

Check out the video to see what Jack thinks…

Timestamps

0:00 So much hype
1:39 The essential info
3:41 Polestar’s next four cars
4:18 The burning question…
4:55 Exterior walkaround
8:36 Performance stats
9:42 Range, efficiency, charging
10:53 Round the back
11:35 Where’s the sustainability?
12:52 Interior
16:28 Sustainable luxury
17:41 Back seat Jack test
19:01 What do we think?

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