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GoodWe to showcase solar battery future

GoodWe will showcase how solar microgeneration and storage represents the future of domestic power at Futurebuild 2022 in London next month.

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Wolseley UK crowned top employer

Wolseley UK has been crowned as a top employer by the Top Employers Institute, a title which is awarded to organisations that demonstrate ‘dedication to building a better world of work as exhibited through excellent HR policies and people practices.’

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Panasonic sparks new generation of low carbon installers

In a bid to inspire installers of the future for a low carbon future, Panasonic has partnered with the Sparks series of events, where UK college lecturers will 'meet the manufacturer' cross the UK throughout January and February.

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Crossflow Energy launches small wind turbine

Crossflow Energy, a renewable energy technology specialist, has launched the Crossflow wind turbine, which addresses issues that have previously hampered the adoption of small wind.

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Aerona³ heat pump helps Colchester Football Club go green

Colchester Football Club has been repurposed as a vaccination centre during the pandemic, and a Grant Aerona³ air source heat pump has been installed to keep this essential resource up to temperature.

Feature

Testing heat pumps to the extreme

At Vaillant’s high-tech centre they go to great lengths to ensure that products are up to the job. Heat pumps are tested to the extreme as explained by Mark Wilkins, technologies and training director at Vaillant.

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Panasonic heat pumps power Irish hospice

Panasonic air-to-water Aquarea heat pumps are providing energy-efficient heating and hot water to the Wicklow Hospice in Ireland.

Opinion

Adding to the toolbox: do installers need to broaden their skills?

As the industry evolves to meet government targets to decarbonise homes across the UK, just how confident is the workforce to tackle the challenges ahead? Is the need for upskilling and retraining regarded as a positive step forward and how will installers navigate the surge in demand for heat pumps and updated installations?

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Biggest ever renewable energy support scheme opens

The biggest-ever round of government’s flagship renewable energy auction scheme is now open with £285 million a year funding for low-carbon technology to allow the UK to move away from volatile foreign fossil fuels.

Opinion

Did anyone call the installer?

through the replacement of millions of fossil fuel heating systems, the report overlooks a vital ingredient - the workers.

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Vaillant supports successful hydrogen trials

Vaillant is supporting multiple projects across the UK and Europe that are exploring how to make the hydrogen-blend vision a reality, such as HyDeploy at Keele University, which has proven that blending up to 20% volume of hydrogen with natural gas is a safe and greener alternative to the gas we use now.

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BayWa r.e. to build UK’s largest solar farm in 2023

BayWe r.e is set to begin construction of the UK’s largest solar farm, which will deliver 52 GWh/year of clean renewable electricity - enough electricity to power the equivalent annual needs of around 15,000 family homes.

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Caldera secures £470k to solve hard-to-heat homes

Caldera Heat Batteries has secured a £470,000 grant from the Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to rollout their innovative Warmstone heat batteries to twelve pilot off-grid and hard-to-heat homes across the south of England.

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Grant UK more rewards for installers

The G1 Installer Scheme is Grant UK’s loyalty programme for heating engineers who fit Grant oil boilers and renewable technologies.