Water Source 2
Administrators of the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) have pulled the plug on a range of renewable energy products after it was discovered the test results they had accepted were found to be false.
Business Minister George Freeman has opened the new offices and showroom of Finn Geotherm, the renewable heating experts based in Attleborough, Norfolk.
Viessmann has collaborated with HUF HAUS to equip a UK household with its first ice store system, which recovers energy from renewable sources to heat domestic hot water.
Heat pump specialist Bob Long turns his attention to the economic potential of solar assisted heat pumps, also known as thermodynamic systems.
Summer may not be a time when we want to remember cold winter weather, but it’s certainly the best season to service heating systems, explains heat pump specialist Bob Long in the first of two parts
Uponor has launched its thinnest UFH system – the Minitec UFH.
A new online tool has been launched for communities identifying the potential for extracting heat from Britain’s rivers, estuaries, canals and coastal areas.
Bob Long, MD Eco Innovate Ltd
Heat pump specialist Bob Long revisits the topic of domestic hot water production from heat pump systems and the potential for high energy costs
Bob Long, MD Eco Innovate Ltd
Heat pump expert Bob Long tackles unnecessary complexity in heat pumps and the systems in which they operate
Cardiff-based Spire Renewables has launched a new heat pump package.
NIBE has introduced two new, increased-capacity buffer vessels to its high-performance UKV range – specifically designed for use in large-scale commercial applications.
Edward Davey MP (Centre) is shown how the Kingston apartments get their heating from the Thames by Mike Spenser-Morris, managing director of NHP Leisure Developments (left) and Donald Daw from Mitsubishi Electric (right)
Mitsubishi Electric has welcomed the publication by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) of a national water source heat map, which highlights the significant opportunities that exist for open water heat pump installations across the country.
Who are you?
Phil Hurley, managing director at NIBE Energy Systems
Bob Long, MD Eco Innovate Ltd
New designs and higher levels of sophistication continue to enter the heat pump market, but cheap heating is likely to be your customer’s only consideration, says heat pump specialist Bob Long
Mitsubishi Electric has launched an enhanced version of its heat pump selection tool to include calculations for ground or water source applications over 30kW, and extended the platforms available to include the iPhone and Android devices.
Stiebel Eltron UK has launched its next generation of ground source heat pumps.
Bob Long, MD Eco Innovate Ltd
Following on from last month’s article discussing suitable choices for heat emitters, heat pump specialist Bob Long looks at the importance of lifestyles requirements and occupants’ specific heating needs
Consideration of lifestyle should be an integral part of system design, particularly when the heat source is to be a heat pump. Designing a heat pump system to optimise upon the economics of operation can be much more complex than designs employing combustible-fuelled counterpart.
The extension of the non domestic RHI (phase two) also see significant increases to tariffs for GSHPs (from 4.3p/kWh to 8.4p/kWh), large biomass, solar thermal and deep geothermal, which all come into effect this week.
Mitsubishi Electric has launched a new Ecodan ground and water source heat pump system which it claims can deliver up to 960kW of renewable heating and water flow temperatures of up to 65°C.
SEA chief executive Dave Sowden
Leading heating industry stakeholders (Heating & Hotwater Industry Council, Sustainable Energy Association, UKLPG, Baxi, British Gas, Calor, Robur, Viessmann and Worcester Bosch) have joined forces to support the inclusion of gas absorption heat pumps (GAHPs) in the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) under the upcoming formal review of the scheme.
Mark McManus, Stiebel Eltron UK managing director
Stiebel Eltron has unveiled installer packs for its air source heat pumps.
What have you got planned for the rest of 2014?
Installer training will remain a key focus for Vaillant in 2014. Our seventh Centre of Excellence opens in Farnborough in the spring, bringing our quality approach to training to more installers. Our training proposition will also be refreshed, and our first app for installers will be launched in the coming months – watch this space!
In London they are about to begin trialling technology that can draw carbon-free energy from the Thames, says the Underfloor Trade Store (UTS).
Bob Long, MD Eco Innovate Ltd
With the domestic RHI so close to finally becoming reality, there is a grave danger that insufficient levels of skills in the industry could expose a weak link, says heat pump specialist Bob Long
