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Founder CEO of @SunampLtd. Heat Battery pioneer (4x energy density, 15x power density). Passionate #EV and #EnergyStorage advocate. Political views all my own.
Mar 31, 2021 5 tweets 5 min read
Yes - sort of! We @SunampLtd were initially funded in 2013 by @DECCgovuk (fore-runner of @beisgovuk) under the Advanced Heat Storage SBRI. We proposed latent heat storage heat batteries powered by heat pumps on a time of use tariff - originally @ScottishPower E2000 / @SSE E10 1/ Those systems were mainly in Berwickshire Housing Association homes - all are still in use with some levels of updated system. The last fully original system was upgraded after 7 years service.

They proved to deliver big carbon and cost savings - see images and alt text 2/ Slide heading: ASHP + Heat Battery + Time-of-Use ElectricitySlide headed: Trial Results  • Running successfully since