Technical Zone

The Technical Zone of confusedaboutenergy.co.uk provides more in depth technical information about power generation, renewable technologies such as solar and wind power and energy saving devices. It contains articles that debate the technical issues in more detail and it will appeal to both technology experts as well as those enthusiasts that wish to learn more about technology developments in this area and how they work.

The uptake of renewable technologies is very slow due to the high costs of equipment and very long payback periods. We investigate ways in which this can be changed and evaluate new emerging domestic power generation solutions and energy saving devices.

We invite contribution to the site on any of these technical issues and would be very interested to learn about any technologies that can more cost effectively collect and distribute renewable energy or new energy saving devices.

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All calculations on this site are based on current fuel prices they are checked regularly are automatically updated and were last changed on:-
1^th February 2012
For complete clarity, all calculation using current fuel prices are coloured red.

The costs calculated based on these fuel prices should be regarded as 'good estimates', given that fuel prices vary in different parts of the county and at different time of the year.

The calculations also have different levels of accuracy depending on the nature of the calculation. For example calculating the energy use of a known power output TV is very easy compared to calculating the effect on energy savings when insulating a cavity wall.

Site Symbols

Icons are also used throughout the site to indicate the level of saving or the relative cost implications associated with an choice you might make, or a tip you read or related to how your house is currently configured. These icons below.

	pence	lowest priority
	£ 10+	Think twice, perhaps you should focus elsewhere first
	£ 100+	Worth doing
	£ 1000+	Focus your effort here to save as much money as possible

In some areas there are some substantial investments you may choose to make, in sections describing these we indicate with two icons, thumbs up or down, if the investment is a good one. Payback in less than 15 years is regarded as reasonable, but longer that that poor. These icons are below.