Heat Pumps 26
Rural Energy, a nationwide provider of low carbon solutions and full turnkey project management has become the first company in the UK to complete the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Design and Installation Training Course from Bosch Commercial and Industrial.
Finn Geotherm has reached the milestone of ensuring five million pounds in Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) payments will be shared among the hundreds of homeowners for which it has designed and installed renewable heating systems.
Vaillant has announced a new distribution partnership with Southampton based Freedom Heat Pumps, to encourage growth in the heat pump market and expand its installer base and relationships.
The solar industry has pledged to continue to push to keep solar thermal as the Government’s consultation on plans to cut off all support for the technology closed this week.
Specifiers and installers looking to utilise the latest renewable heating technology can benefit from the outstanding performance and flexibility delivered by Vaillant’s next generation flexoTHERM modular range of heat pumps.
Leading renewables firm Earthmill has welcomed the latest announcement that the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) biogas tariff category has beaten targets by almost 90%, triggering a 10% degression in the incentive from April 2016.
Manufacturers’ claims about the expected energy efficiency performance of equipment are not fully trusted by their customers. This was a key finding from new research released today by the Carbon Trust, which reveals that just 5 percent of professionals with responsibility for procuring energy consuming equipment for their organisations are very confident in the energy saving claims made by manufacturers, with a quarter (24%) not confident at all.
Administrators of the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) have pulled the plug on a range of renewable energy products after it was discovered the test results they had accepted were found to be false.
ENER-G has published a detailed new ‘Essential Guide to Small Scale Combined Heat and Power’, which is available free to download.
The Central Bank of Ireland will use a high efficiency ENER-G Combined heat and power (CHP) system at its sustainable new Dublin headquarters, which has been awarded a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating at design stage.
The Innovation Hub at the heart of Derby’s multi-million pound Infinity Park Derby is now being powered by clean, onsite renewables thanks to a new 350m² rooftop solar system installed by EvoEnergy.
Business Minister George Freeman has opened the new offices and showroom of Finn Geotherm, the renewable heating experts based in Attleborough, Norfolk.
The renewable energy industry has given a mixed response to details of the Government’s Spending Review that included sizeable funding for the Renewable Heat Incentive.
Renewable energy firm Earthmill signed a deal to become the exclusive supplier of a new state of the art power generation technology across several UK regions, as part of a significant diversification into the combined heat and power (CHP) market.
Viessmann has collaborated with HUF HAUS to equip a UK household with its first ice store system, which recovers energy from renewable sources to heat domestic hot water.
When the solar industry received a kick-start by way of the Feed-in Tariff, the prospect of profiting from renewable technology captured widespread attention. Market response to the high value subsidy was vibrant and rapid growth occurred.
A reminder from MCS that the Energy related Products Directive (ErP) came into force on September 26 2015, and affects all heating and hot water products with an heating output equal to or less than 400kW
NICEIC Certification is now offering a competency qualification for installers of air source heat pumps.
Heat pump specialist Bob Long looks at ways to boost the uptake of heat pumps via improvements to economic performance
Mitsubishi Electric is offering anyone the chance to win a special Ecodan thermal mug by Tweeting their own picture of an A++ to celebrate the new Energy Related Products (ErP) rating for the entire range of Ecodan heat pumps.
ZERO has signed a deal to exclusively distribute a range of Gapsal large capacity heat pumps in the UK.
As I write this column the Plumb Center ErP Roadshow is coming to an end. It has been challenging in terms of logistics, at 40 locations across the UK working with 11 supply partners. On the other hand it has been a joy to talk to so many installers and hear of their experiences and ideas.
Heat pump specialist Bob Long turns his attention to the economic potential of solar assisted heat pumps, also known as thermodynamic systems.
The Energy-related Products Directive (ErP) and the Energy Labelling Directive both come into force across Europe in only a month’s time – 26 September – DECC is reminding installers.