I had a quick look at the details of the ETI's initiative in domestic retrofitting. There's some good stuff about recognising the enormity of the problem, the need for a trusted supply chain and also for product assurance. However, I wonder do we really need some of the things being proposed - models of CO2 impact and optimum interventions, for instance? Surely we have enough of these already. And isn't is a pity that DECC have chosen to axe the ETF field trials being undertaken by the EST, especially the one on solid wall insulation. This would have gone a long way down the product assurance road for this particular intervention.
Also on the ETI's news page are details of their recently announced call for energy storage demonstration proposals. I couldn't help smiling as I thought back to my days at Innogy and the hopes that Regenesys would be the wonder technology. We were talking exactly the same language back then - managing intemittency from renewables. Hopefully someone will come through with a winner!
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