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Installers attending Ecobuild 2014 can benefit from impressive product and training offers, thanks to Plumb and Parts Center.
During the show installers can get up to £300 off an accredited renewables training course, which comes with the full Easy MCS support and mentoring package.
There’s also an exclusive Ecobuild show offer for account holders available on Center Controls, Fernox water treatment products, and selected Grundfos heating circulators and pumps – running throughout the whole of March.
This autumn the prestigious Energy Efficiency & Renewables Awards will be inspiring the industry to greater heights once again.
As we gear up for the launch of the Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (DRHI), Robert Burke, HETAS, asks: Is the industry is ready for it?
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
As previously announced, MCS released updates to all heat technology installation standards on 16th December 2013. All installers must comply with the revised standards by 16th March 2014.
Newform Energy has objected to draft legislation which excludes solar thermal panels that also generate electricity from the domestic RHI.
Navitron has strengthened its team with the appointment of a new sales manager.
Bob Long, MD Eco Innovate Ltd
Heat pump expert Bob Long asks why a buffer cylinder/thermal store is essential in any system
With demand set to rise, the outlook for the UK PV market throughout 2014 looks bright, says Steve Pester, BRE
Natural Sparx powered by Rexel Energy Solutions has been confirmed as headline sponsors for this year’s Solar Energy UK (SEUK) Roadshow (previously branded as Solar Power UK Roadshow) taking place in six locations across the UK in February.
Dimplex has launched a new flat plate solar collector (SOL202), designed to offer high efficiency and flexible ease-of-installation to help installers take advantage of the solar thermal opportunities set to be created by the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
Steve Knight, Navitron’s commercial director
Navitron is calling for the government to end uncertainty in the solar thermal industry and make a New Year resolution to commit to a Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) launch date.
Micropower Council chief executive Dave Sowden
Trade bodies and industry leaders have greeted the expansion of the non-domestic RHI to include new technologies and the increase of several tariffs with enthusiasm.
Worcester, Bosch Group has opened a brand new training facility in Normanton, near Wakefield, to provide better support and an improved training experience for installer, specifier and merchant customers based in the North of England.
Plumbers and other tradespeople from eligible postcodes in South Yorkshire, North East Derbyshire and North Nottinghamshire are being invited to take advantage of fully funded accredited training courses in renewable energy, which are being held at Danfoss’ School of Heat Pump Technology in Sheffield.
A new thermodynamic hot water system that retrofits to existing hot water cylinders has been launched for the UK market.
Waxman Renewables is delighted to announce a new distribution agreement with the Tyrolean solar thermal company TiSUN. As from October 2013 Waxman Renewables will become the exclusive distributor for TiSUN products in England, Scotland and Wales.
Research recently published by the Solar Trade Association (STA) indicates that the prices of solar hot water systems could come down by 29.2 percent if the market expands tenfold to catch up with solar PV.
Rural Energy has unveiled a new management system for all its small and medium sized biomass boilers as part of its partnership with European manufacturer Herz.
Controlling interest: Stuart Cooper, Solfex Energy Systems, discusses the importance of the correct selection and parameter set up on controls
Stuart Cooper, Solfex Energy Systems, reports on the importance of the correct selection and parameter set up of controls within solar thermal and heating systems, including the features and benefits of the Prozeda Primos, Grandis HK, Conexio 600 & Convisio controls and software
Bright idea: The Primos 250 Controller
The Prozeda Primos 600 solar thermal controller has 6 x temperature inputs ( PT 1000 sensor ), 4 x 230V outputs & 2 x additional low voltage outputs with Pulsed Width Modulation (PWM) to control high efficiency pumps. It also has a connection for Vortex Flow Sensor for yield measurement. This controller is predominantly for solar thermal applications with various hydraulic layouts including systems with two collector fields or two stores. It can also be used to control various back up energy sources and to operate diverting valves within the hydraulic circuit. For simpler solar applications with one collector field, the Primos 250 will suffice and still has the ability to data log and web view system information as standard, this control also can control HE pumps and has a relay output to control another heat source.
A new training centre for Northern Ireland heating installers that focuses on renewable technologies is set to open in Portadown in County Armagh.
Solar Power UK has rebranded itself this year to Solar Energy UK 2013.
The industry has expressed its disappointment at the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC)’s decision to further delay the introduction of the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
