The partnership will provide Good Energy’s domestic customers with the opportunity to generate and store their own renewable electricity at home and save money by integrating green technology with a trusted installer.
The 15-year performance-based contract will see the implementation of a self-funding fully integrated energy solution, which includes conversion from the existing steam heating system to a Low Temperature Hot Water (LTHW) distribution infrastructure. This will be supplied by a modern, highly efficient, gas-fired combined heat and power unit, complete with a selective catalytic reduction system, LTHW boilers and solar photovoltaic arrays.
The 3MW water source heat pump will be the largest project of its kind in England and will take water from the nearby floating harbour and use it to generate heat and hot water for local businesses and residents.
Two homes in Low Thornley, near Gateshead will show the use of hydrogen-fuelled appliances in a real-world setting and today Baxi invited housing providers and colleagues to see its boiler in action.
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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.
The need to lower UK carbon emissions is immediate if we have any chance of meeting our net zero 2050 target. Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP) are a well-established technology that offer significant carbon savings when compared to gas or oil central heating. ASHP’s are far more efficient than other electric heating systems, producing as much as four times more heat than the electricity they use.
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.
Throughout this series of posts, Chris Higgs, managing director of Freedom Heat Pumps has considered everything from the look and sound of heat pumps to the efficiency and electrical loading in the hopes that it helps you, the installer, answer some of the questions that your customers may have. Here, in our sixth and final post of this series, Chris takes a look at the cost of heat pumps, and why accreditation, such as that from MCS, may be important for installer.
The course is split into two stages as below:
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.
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Scottish Enterprise has launched an in-depth report that sets out Scotland’s strengths as a world-leading producer and exporter of clean hydrogen in the next decade due to its unique geography, infrastructure and energy expertise.
The ‘big four’ – Baxi, Ideal Boilers, Vaillant, and Worcester Bosch – have united for the first time in a joint initiative to ensure that the price of a new hydrogen-ready boiler won’t exceed that of existing natural gas models. The price promise is designed to help consumers reduce carbon emissions from home heating and hot water and assist with delivering net zero commitments by alleviating cost fears.
As the heat pump market matures, a significant increase in heat pump deployment is anticipated, meaning that the demand on the network will also rise. It is vital that network operators have visibility of where heat pump units are connected, to effectively manage the low voltage network to maintain a secure supply.
In this study the featured property is a fifteenth century Grade II Listed medieval house, Cae’r March, in Snowdonia National Park, previously heated using oil fired central heating. With the remote location making deliveries challenging, the owner linked up with renewable solutions provider, isoenergy, to find a solution to enable them to move away from oil.
Following on from part four of the series, where Chris Higgs took a closer look at refrigerant types for heat pumps, here, Chris considers what we mean by ‘split’ and ‘mono’ heat pumps, and how you can help your customer to decide which one is right for them.
With the solar Feed-in Tariff coming to an end over two years ago, social landlords have struggled to make the financial case for installing solar PV on their housing stock. Despite there being clear carbon reduction benefits from installing PV, the tenant is the beneficiary of the free electricity generated, leaving landlords two possible options to recoup their investment cost; metering and selling the electricity (which brings with it a raft of licensing issues) or adding charges to the rents (which falls foul of the social housing rent cap). Neither option is popular with tenants.
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.
Whilst the survey was carried out by The British Institute of Kitchen, Bedroom & Bathroom Installation (BiKBBI), reports suggest that the disruption is widespread, affecting skilled tradespeople across many sectors and costing installers millions of pounds.
Here, Chris Higgs brings us part four of our series, taking a closer look at refrigerant types for heat pumps and how there has been a shift to more environmentally friendly refrigerants in recent years, as well as the 3 designations of heat pump flow temperature.
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