Ministers are clueless. Enshitification prevails I guess.
GFoxtrot on
> The future homes standard (FHS), due to be published in January, will regulate how all homes are built and is expected to enforce tough new regulations such as mandating solar panels on nearly all houses and high standards of insulation and heat pumps in most cases.
> But the Guardian has learned that the regulations are unlikely to stipulate that homes must be fitted with batteries, despite the strong advantages of combining renewable power generation with energy storage.
So green tech is mandatory just omitting battery storage.
Headline makes it seem like everything will be scrapped.
ElectronicBruce on
Broken Britain again. All to counter a stupid Reform bunch.
swordoftruth1963 on
Crazy decision. Regulation is the only thing that keeps housebuilders honest. Any reduced standards will be just increase developer profits and provide substandard houses to buyers
agarr1 on
Remove the requirement for batteries, the part that actually does the most to save people money consistently.
JFK_AFK on
I had solar installed along with a big battery. It’s the battery that has saved me the majority of the money over the last three years – I can charge it at 7p per kWh overnight and run my entire house off it during the day.
It’s lunacy that they’d remove the requirement for the most beneficial part.
andrew0256 on
I really, really wanted this government to succeed. I knew it would be tough after 14 years of the corrupt Tories but this, if true, is yet another example of how to fail at your job in easy stages.
Requiring every new build to have energy storage is a no brainer in terms of energy conservation and tackling the cost of living. What does the government do? Give in to the fucking housebuilders who are clearly finding that making good profits should instead be excess profits. They get to concrete the countryside and what does the punter get? Nothing that I can see.
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Ministers are clueless. Enshitification prevails I guess.
> The future homes standard (FHS), due to be published in January, will regulate how all homes are built and is expected to enforce tough new regulations such as mandating solar panels on nearly all houses and high standards of insulation and heat pumps in most cases.
> But the Guardian has learned that the regulations are unlikely to stipulate that homes must be fitted with batteries, despite the strong advantages of combining renewable power generation with energy storage.
So green tech is mandatory just omitting battery storage.
Headline makes it seem like everything will be scrapped.
Broken Britain again. All to counter a stupid Reform bunch.
Crazy decision. Regulation is the only thing that keeps housebuilders honest. Any reduced standards will be just increase developer profits and provide substandard houses to buyers
Remove the requirement for batteries, the part that actually does the most to save people money consistently.
I had solar installed along with a big battery. It’s the battery that has saved me the majority of the money over the last three years – I can charge it at 7p per kWh overnight and run my entire house off it during the day.
It’s lunacy that they’d remove the requirement for the most beneficial part.
I really, really wanted this government to succeed. I knew it would be tough after 14 years of the corrupt Tories but this, if true, is yet another example of how to fail at your job in easy stages.
Requiring every new build to have energy storage is a no brainer in terms of energy conservation and tackling the cost of living. What does the government do? Give in to the fucking housebuilders who are clearly finding that making good profits should instead be excess profits. They get to concrete the countryside and what does the punter get? Nothing that I can see.