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Solarwatt new solar and storage production

The latest investment in decarbonisation from Solarwatt includes a state-of-the-art solar module production line and the inauguration of two new energy storage production lines

Opinion

We’re better at Eurovision than decarbonising our homes

Doug Parr, Greenpeace UK’s policy director, is frustrated at the latest European Heat Pump Association data showing that Britain sells and installs fewer heat pumps per household than almost anywhere in Europe

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Wind contract extends Ingeteam renewable energy services portfolio

Ingeteam is an international technological group specialized in electric power conversion. Its state-of-the-art developments in power and control electronics, Indar rotating electric machines, systems and services enables it to provide the best solutions in different sectors including wind, solar PV and hydro power generation.

Interview

InstallerSHOW renewables focus for a great industry get together

This year’s InstallerSHOW will be the biggest event yet – offering installers more opportunities to meet with the industry’s leading manufacturers with over 150 will on hand this year – and installers will have lots of opportunities to get hands-on with all the latest products, as well as get installation and technical advice from the experts.

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Grant additions fulfil installer demand

Two new controls will be available to suit both the Uflex and Uflex MINI underfloor systems and the popular PEX-AL-PEX pipe will also be available from Grant UK for use with Uflex installations.  

Opinion

The time to invest in renewables is now

Add this to the backdrop of record rising energy costs now at levels not seen since 2008, smaller energy suppliers collapsing and the impending release of the cap on standard energy tariffs from October and there is a perfect storm brewing, just as the UK prepares to host the biggest climate change summit in November (COP26).

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Heat network secures additional support for decarbonisation extensions

Following an initial grant and loan award of over £14 million for the construction of the Meridian Heat Network in 2020, the Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP) has awarded a further £24 million of funding to Energetik to support two major extensions across the London Borough of Enfield. This brings the total support provided by HNIP to just under £39 million making this scheme the largest to be awarded HNIP funding to date.

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More trials follow success of first UK hydrogen blend project

HyDeploy, the first project in the UK to blend hydrogen into a natural gas network, was hailed a success after customers used hydrogen blended gas safely in their homes for heat and energy without the need to make any changes to their existing appliances.

Opinion

Installer schemes must learn from Green Homes Grant failings

The Government has identified decarbonising home heating as a key part of its plan to deliver net zero by 2050.1 Between September 2020 and March 2021, as part of government’s ‘green recovery’ from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (the Department) ran the Green Homes Grant Voucher Scheme (the scheme). The scheme offered homeowners up to £5,000 funding, or £10,000 for low-income households, for the installation of energy efficient improvements.

Opinion

Installers need to seize opportunities of low carbon heating

One thing we can be certain of is that tomorrow’s heating sector will look different to the one we currently know. The goal of net zero has been set but the path we will follow to achieve these carbon targets is less certain as there are multiple routes available for us to take. Government legislation is being prepared to steer the heating industry into a new era, where traditional fossil fuel systems will need to make way for more sustainable solutions. It is therefore, the responsibility of manufacturers, such as Grant, to support and provide installers with viable low carbon heating products, which can effectively meet their customers’ requirements while also reducing emissions.

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Hydrogen-fired glass is a world first

In the trials, at Pilkington UK’s St Helens facility, the hydrogen completely replaces the natural gas fossil fuel normally used in the manufacturing process, significantly cutting carbon emissions.

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Installers can benefit from new Covid app

As we recently reported, a recent survey found that 47% of respondents had had jobs cancelled due to either themselves or their customers being ‘pinged’ and in one sector alone reports say that, at one time during the pandemic, there were up to 11% of the UK’s 120,000 gas engineers in isolation, resulting in a staggering 13,200 off work – a number that simply cannot continue as we swiftly approach the colder months.

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Grant funding available for clean energy technology start-ups

The TechX Clean Energy Accelerator supports companies developing innovative, transformative technologies that can accelerate the transition to a net zero energy industry. The Centre particularly seeks to support start-ups with diverse founder teams. Technology focus areas for the accelerator include renewable energy technologies, green and blue hydrogen and other clean fuels, carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS), digitalisation and technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the oil and gas industry.

Opinion

Will the recent IPCC report galvanise consumer action?

It is regarded as ‘a code red for humanity’ but the report also confirms that heavy reductions in global carbon emissions would limit climate change overall; with air quality improving rapidly and global temperatures taking between 20 to 30 years to stabilise – so not all hope is lost.

Ground-breaking HPA training course welcomed by Secretary of State

The Prime Minister’s Ten Point Plan for a green industrial revolution, published in November 2020, outlined a target to install 600,000 heat pumps per year by 2028 as part of ambitions to create green jobs whilst making strides towards net zero by 2050.