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Micro Renewables
Micro Renewables technologies have the potential to help
achieve objectives of tackling climate change, ensuring reliable energy and
tackling fuel poverty. The technologies cover the generation of electricity or
heat and in some cases both. A number of SNIPEF members are able to undertake
the installation of micro renewable products including:
- Solar Heating – this technology uses the sun’s heat and light
to provide input to conventional heating systems, principally for heating hot
water.
- Heat pumps- these systems extract heat from natural sources –
ground, air, water – and use this to power conventional heating systems. In
general, these systems will need to be supplemented by a conventional power
source, normally electric, to guarantee a predictable heat output. These pumps
are typically at their most efficient when producing water for heating at around
45º C, which would normally be for under floor systems.
- Biomass boilers – these drive conventional heating systems,
but use renewable fuels such as wood chip or wood pellet.
Government Announces Plans
For "Green Deal"
Homes
and economy to benefit from energy and climate policies – Chris Huhne, Energy
and Climate Change Secretary.
- Green Deal scheme will kick start £14bn investment over the next
decade, supporting at least 65,000 insulation and construction jobs by 2015
- £1.3 billion a year additional help from energy companies for
vulnerable and hard-to-insulate homes
- Overall average household energy bill in 2020 will be 7%, or
£94, lower than without energy and climate polices
£14 billion worth of private sector investment in home energy
improvements over the next decade will help insulate households from rising
global energy prices and create thousands of jobs in the British insulation and
construction sector, said Chris Huhne.
A consultation on the Green Deal, which will provide home energy
saving upgrades to householders at no up-front cost, was published in November
2011 as part of the Energy and Climate Change Secretary’s Annual Energy
Statement to Parliament. He also published a new government analysis showing
that homes will on average be cheaper to heat and light in future than if the
Government was not pursuing policies to keep the lights on and emissions
down.
To read the Green Deal consultation click here.
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