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Switch2 Energy celebrates wins at two top industry awards
The Shipley-based company’s innovative ICON connected heat interface unit was named ‘Domestic Heating Product of the Year’ at the HVR Awards, recognising exceptional performance and customer satisfaction delivered by the unit in homes across the UK. Similar to traditional domestic gas combi boilers, the connected HIU product transfers heat from the network’s central plant ...
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Net Zero Review: UK Could Do More to Reap Economic Benefits of Green Growth
The UK's leadership on tackling climate change has delivered real change at home and led to a global transformation - but more should be done to reap the economic benefits that presents, Chris Skidmore says today. Mission Zero, his Net Zero Review, makes 129 recommendations covering areas including the greater role that business can be supported to play, making better use of infrastructure and ...
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Global Energy Crisis Drives Surge in Heat Pumps, Bringing Energy Security and Climate Benefits
Sales set to hit new records, helping save energy and emissions, but policy action is needed to unblock bottlenecks such as upfront costs and training workers Worldwide sales of heat pumps are set to soar to record levels in the coming years as the global energy crisis accelerates their adoption, the International Energy Agency says in a new special report released this week. The heating of most ...
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Why Tyre Pyrolysis Plants Are Helpful
A tyre pyrolysis plant uses an industrial process that converts used tyres into liquid fuel, including oils and gases. The two main forms of processes utilized: direct and indirect. In a direct process, the rubber is heated in a oxygen-free environment at 300 to 600 °C for several hours, causing the hydrocarbon chains inside the tyre to interrupt down into smaller pieces. A byproduct of this ...
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Austria, Gas Boiler Suspended After 6 Months
Following the U.S. and the U.K., Austria will also suspend gas boiler sales from 6 months later. The decision to suspend sales from 2025 will be implemented two years earlier. In order to replace gas boilers, solar installation is mandatory, and heating equipment that uses electricity must be purchased. The ion heating system uses 35% less electricity than a heat pump and more than half ...
By New Energy
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Switch2 awarded Mayor of London funding to develop heat network decarbonisation plan for Royal Arsenal
The Mayor of London has awarded funding through a support agreement with Switch2 Energy to develop a decarbonisation scheme for the Royal Arsenal heat network in Woolwich. The funding comes from Mayor's Local Energy Accelerator programme, which is 50% funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). It is part of the Mayor’s ambition to make London a zero-carbon city by 2030, with ...
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AMETEK Land to Present on Biomass-Fired Boiler Optimisation at International Biomass Conference
Derek Stuart, Global Product Manager - Power, Combustion and Environmental at AMETEK Land, will look at how agricultural by-products, such as wood pellets, straw, and olive mill wastehave the potential to fuel a green power revolution. However, their combustion as fuel poses problems that are not present in traditional coal- or gas-fired boilers. This presentation examines the challenges and ...
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Cairo West Power Station
We are proud to announce that Tuesday the 17th of November 2020 we reached the first firing at natural gas of our supercritical boiler of 650 MW in Cairo West Power Station. Next step of the commissioning activities will be the beginning of the steam blowing phases for the whole BOP piping, that is an important contractual milestone. AC Boilers is grateful for the great cooperation and ...
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Greystar awards 25-year heat network contract to Switch2 Energy
Switch2 has also been appointed to provide metering and credit billing services to residents and businesses. Greenford Quay straddles the Grand Union Canal and includes 2,000 homes for rent and sale, and 185,000 sq. ft of commercial and community space. The low carbon district heating system includes two CHP engines and four gas boilers and is complemented by a renewable power generation system ...
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Scotland leads the way on heat network development
The Scottish Parliament has published the Heat Networks (Scotland) Bill. This will introduce regulation, together with a licensing system that will encourage greater use of district and communal heating in Scotland. The Bill is intended to create a coherent regulatory framework that will unlock transformational change and create a supportive market environment for the expansion of heat networks. ...
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Don't forget urgent climate challenge of heat decarbonisation
The UN secretary general warned conference goers that the planet is nearing "the point of no return". This opinion is backed up by many scientific studies, including the latest data from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which suggest this year is on course to be the second or third warmest year ever. "Significant progress is being made in decarbonising power and there is a real ...
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Net Zero 2050: A little less conversation, a little more action please
Switch2 Energy urges the government to take urgent action on heat decarbonisation to deliver on targeted net zero emissions by 2050. The government must introduce radical heat decarbonisation policies if it is to deliver on its intention to legislate for net zero emissions by 2050, says Switch2 Energy. "Although the UK has made impressive strides in reducing emissions from power, progress on ...
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How heat networks can clean up gas guzzling homes
The major challenge of cleaning up gas guzzling homes will be discussed by heat network specialist Switch2 Energy at two London Climate Action Week events this July.Sustainable heat networks are seen as a key solution to decarbonising UK housing, which accounts for 14% of total UK emissions. The government is considering proposals by the Committee on Climate Change to disconnect new homes from ...
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Dosing CO2
Plants need light and CO2 for photosynthesis to take place. Lower CO2 levels have a negative effect on the quality of the plants and therefore, the crop. In many cases the flue gas from gas-fired boilers or cogeneration units is used to increase the CO2 level in greenhouses. Liquid CO2 in combination with flue gas or not can also be added to increase the level of CO2. CO2 fans and distribution ...
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Heat networks are logical choice to curb emissions in urban housing says Switch2 Energy
Heat networks are the logical choice for greener high-density housing development – to meet ambitious emissions reduction targets being considered by UK governments, says Switch2 Energy. Disconnecting new homes from the gas grid by 2025 and accelerating heat network deployment in towns and cities are two of the radical recommendations by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) in its new ...
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INNIO to Supply Engines for Innovative Microgrid Project in Finland
INNIO announced recently (4/1) that it will supply six Jenbacher gas engines for the LEMENE microgrid project in Finland, helping the Finnish government reach its climate goal of having 100 percent of its energy come from renewable sources by 2030. The LEMENE project will be the largest energy self-sufficient business district using renewable energy in Finland. The combined heat and power (CHP) ...
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Switch2 backs call to ban gas boilers in new homes
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) is right to propose a ban on gas boilers in new homes by 2025, says heat network specialist Switch2 Energy."Heating homes with individual gas boilers, where high efficiency heat networks or lower carbon solutions are viable, is a nail in the coffin for the environment", says Richard Slee, CEO of Switch2."We welcome the CCC's call for the greater role of heat ...
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Grand Nancy District Heating Network Installation, France
Estia, a subsidiary of Dalkia have installed a Jenbacher cogeneration engine supplied by Clarke Energy into the underground boiler room of the Grand Nancy district heating network in the Haye Plateau. The installation took place using a 40m, 220 tonne crane which was necessary in order to lower the engine into the depths of the boiler room in three parts. The Jenbacher JMS616 cogeneration engine ...
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Combi boiler market to be driven by rigorous regulatory frameworks and rapid product advancements
Owing to the massive investments being made in low carbon innovations, the revenue graph of combi boiler market has received a remarkable boost over the recent years. A marked increase in environmental concerns to lower the greenhouse gas emissions has compelled various regulatory authorities to prescribe stringent legislations regarding the installation of heating systems across commercial and ...
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Axion: what’s best for low grade plastics?
With levels of waste plastics rising in the UK as a result of China's National Sword scrap import policies, the debate is picking up over what to do with them. Landfilling, rather than incineration, might be the better option, suggests Keith Freegard, Director of plastics recycler Axion Polymers. China’s crackdown on imports of contaminated recyclables is leading to an ...
By Axion Group
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