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The funding will be used to create the East Birmingham Community Heat Test and Learn project to develop a new collaborative approach for engaging local communities in the transition to net-zero.
The success of the UK battery industry will be vital to meet the significant potential demand in the automotive, oil & gas and energy storage markets.
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.
The new WindEurope hub offers basic explanations about wind energy, a new book on job profiles in clean energy, teaching resources and hands-on activities.
Here REI takes a closer look at what BREEAM is and why it increases the adoption of renewable energy installations.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Following a successful trial, Screwfix will begin to roll-out the service, which will meet the growing demand for speed and convenience from Britain’s tradespeople and DIY customers.
The Welsh Government has unveiled its ‘Welsh Development Quality Requirements 2021 – Creating Beautiful Homes and Places’ standards which it hopes private developers will adopt by 2025.
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.
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.
The Energy Digitalisation Strategy, developed by the government, Ofgem and Innovate UK in coordination with the energy sector, sets out a vision and suite of policies to digitalise the energy system. Digitalisation will enable millions of low carbon assets, including solar PV, electric vehicles and heat pumps, to be optimised across our energy system.
The manufacturer has received £2.5m investment for its patent-pending Zero Emissions Boiler, which uses electric-powered ceramic heat storage to offer an ‘drop-in’ alternative to traditional boilers at around half the price of a heat pump.
The development of lower temperature heating systems, utilising renewable heating appliances such as air source heat pumps, has given rise to a number of questions. One of these is regarding where components we have come to know and love over the years fit into future heating scenarios. In the piece below we hear from Chris Harvey, head of marketing for Stelrad Radiator Group, who explains why the company feels strongly about claims that underfloor heating is the only or ‘best solution’ for heat pump installations.
After a postponement of almost 16 months, InstallerSHOW will finally open its doors at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry from 28th – 30th September.
The Telford-based company signed a deal earlier this year with Yorkshire-based GTEC to deliver industry-accredited training for its customers and clients in installing renewable electrical energy storage systems.
The strategy, originally expected to be released next week, will set out how Britain will decarbonise central heating systems in homes and offices which, combined, make up a third of emissions in the UK.
The new range builds on the heat pump manufacturer’s plans to offer customers a smarter and more connected home.
The Cerulean proposal has capacity to generate 3GWh of power, enough to electrify the majority of offshore facilities, reducing CO2 emissions by more than half from 2025. An excess of 1.5 GWh of power would be diverted to onshore green hydrogen plants.