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Danfoss to run free introductory heat pump course
Danfoss is inviting tradespeople who are new to the renewables sector to learn more about heat pumps at the company’s free ‘introduction to heat pumps’ course.
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Mitsubishi launches heat pump calculator
Mitsubishi Electric has launched a dedicated Ecodan selection tool following the government’s announcement last week that heat pumps are now included in the non-domestic RHI.
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Call to include gas absorption heat pumps in RHI
The UK’s leading gas absorption heat pump (GAHP) developers are calling on DECC to include the technology in the RHI scheme.
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Mitsubishi Ecodan unit lands top award
(L-R) Max Halliwell, Ecodan product marketing manager; Martin Fahey, sustainable solutions manager; Baroness Verma; and David Carver, chairman of NHIC at the Awards
Mitsubishi Electric’s fourth generation of Ecodan air source heat pumps has just been recognised as ‘Best Home Energy Solution’ at the National Home Improvement Council Awards.
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Industry reacts to RHI expansion
Micropower Council chief executive Dave Sowden
Trade bodies and industry leaders have greeted the expansion of the non-domestic RHI to include new technologies and the increase of several tariffs with enthusiasm.
Opinion
Talking Tech – Heat pumps and DHW
Bob Long, MD Eco Innovate Ltd
Heat pump trouble shooter Bob Long focuses on cost effective methods of providing domestic hot water (DHW) from a heat pump
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Kensa scoops regional award
Kensa Engineering has been named Business of the Year at the Western Morning News Awards.
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Renewables industry welcomes call for Pickles to support renewables in new homes
The REA and STA welcomes today’s Environmental Audit Committee report ‘Code for Sustainable Homes and the Housing Standards Review’, which criticises the government’s lack of progress and ambition on ensuring all new homes are ‘zero carbon’ by 2016.
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Worcester, Bosch Group opens new Northern training centre
Worcester, Bosch Group has opened a brand new training facility in Normanton, near Wakefield, to provide better support and an improved training experience for installer, specifier and merchant customers based in the North of England.
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Danfoss opens doors for fully funded renewables training
Plumbers and other tradespeople from eligible postcodes in South Yorkshire, North East Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire are being invited to take advantage of fully funded accredited training courses in renewable energy, which are being held at Danfoss’ School of Heat Pump Technology in Sheffield.
Opinion
Staying in control
Bob Long, MD Eco Innovate Ltd
Heat pump trouble shooter Bob Long continues last month’s theme of bivalent energy
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Kensa appoints new commercial director
Kensa Heat Pumps has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of Chris Davis as commercial director.
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Segen expands Panasonic product range
Segen has announced that it will be extending its partnership with Panasonic by adding the Panasonic Aquarea Mono-bloc heat pump to its product portfolio.
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Kensa’s top tips for Energy Saving Week
Kensa Heat Pumps, has revealed its top tips for energy efficiency to reinforce the lesser known merits of ground source heat pumps, as part of the Energy Saving Trust’s annual ‘Energy Saving Week’ (21-25 October 2013).
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Ed Davey opens pioneering water source heat pump project
L-R Jeffrey Adams, chief executive of (lead contractor) United House; Edward Davey MP; Mike Spenser-Morris, NHP; Donald Daw, commercial director, Mitsubishi Electric
Energy secretary Ed Davey has officially switched on a cutting edge heat pump system powering an eco-friendly housing development in London from the River Thames.
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Enterprise zone green power plant gets the go ahead
Renewable energy company Estover Energy has today announced that planning consent has been granted by Dover District Council for its proposal to develop a £65 million biomass Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant in the South East of England.
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Thermodynamic system created for UK market
A new thermodynamic hot water system that retrofits to existing hot water cylinders has been launched for the UK market.
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Kensa launch hybrid GSHP
Kensa Heat Pumps has created a new Hybrid ground source heat pump to add to its British-made product range.
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Segen launch new heat pump technical help line
Segen has recently launched a Heat Pump Technical Support Line as part of its focus on further supporting UK installers.
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Hitachi opens refurbished aircademy
Hitachi Air Conditioning Europe has launched its newly refurbished aircademy training centre in Maidenhead, Berkshire.
Opinion
Current affairs
By guest columnist Bill Wright, head of energy solutions, Electrical Contractors’ Association
Opinion
Heat pump champs and chumps
Steve Pester, BRE, turns his attention to the findings of the latest heat pump trials conducted by the Energy Saving Trust (EST)
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Bivalent energy: How much, when and where
Bob Long, MD Eco Innovate Ltd
Heat pump trouble shooter Bob Long outlines the importance of accurate control in bivalent systems to avoid expensive fuel bills
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Talking point
Zenex Solar’s managing director Liz macFarlane
Liz MacFarlane, Zenex Solar, reveals how working within the industry has changed her perception of renewable energy