On a bright clear and frosty St Andrews day, Lothian Renewables put the finishing touches to the first installation carried out as part of the currently available discounted solar thermal scheme running in East Lothian, probably the greatest renewables deal running in the UK if you live in and around Dunbar! More details available here
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Green Deal
Lots more to come on the Green Deal! Greg Barker took part in a live web broadcast Q and A session yesterday, a good reed to get the flavour of what it is all about. Further info here. d10:05 DECC Team: Good morning. Greg Barker will be here at 1130, but in the meantime…
Marstons Brewers Install Solar Thermal in Dunbar
Well done to Burton based Marstons Brewers who have had the forethought to install solar thermal panels during the construction phase of their first ever Scottish Pub Restaurant, The Pine Martin, in Dunbar. Lothian Renewables have been installing Solar Thermal just over the road this week as part of the Energy Savings Trust and Dunbar’s…
RHI Presentation
Lothian Renewables staff attended a presentation by Patrick Allcorn, head of the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive at DECC in Glasgow. The very informative presentation detailed the current proposals for the domestic RHI expected to launch in the summer of 2013, the government have published a consoltation document covering the scheme and are collating comments from…
CTC Boiler Installation
This recently commissioned biomass installation using the CTC Ecotec 15kW boiler coupled with a 500l EcoZenith thermal store in the Scottish borders. The boiler has a manually fed hopper which holds 400kg of pellets for reduced loading frequency. The boiler requires ash removal every 8 weeks and manual cleaning every 2 to 3 months. Hot…
Scottish Renewables Event
Lothian Renewables attended this years Scottish Renewables On-site Renewables Exhibition & Showcase 2012 in Perth. The event provided information and insight into a whole range of topics including the Green Deal, The Renewable Heat Incentive and the Feed-in Tariff. In addition to the ever important job of keeping abreast with developments in the industry it provided an…
Financial Return On PV Energy Savings Trust Report
A report published yesterday by the Energy Savings Trust gives prospective PV customers imparcial advice on the performance and return they should achieve from a PV system. The report is copied below or can be accessed from here. Lothian Solar are currently offering 3.5kWp systems from £5350 fully installed. New data shows increased savings and…
Napier University
The Business Innovation Exchange funded development work is progressing very well at Edinburgh’s Napier University. Lothian Renewables succeeded in securing funding to develop a device which will divert excess electricity produced from a PV system into a resistive load such as an immersion heating element or storage radiator. There are a number of “switch” like…
Bleachingfield Open Day
A great day had by all at the Bleachingfields open day in Dunbar and glorious sunshine-“Sunnt Dunny” at its best! Lothian Renewables were one of two installation companies who attended to promote the East Lothian discounted solar thermal scheme currently available throughout the county. The scheme run by the Energy Savings Trust, East Lothian Council…
Green Deal
With the governments flagship Green Deal scheme scheduled to start in January 2013 its become the number one topic of conversation within the renewables industry. With a large country wide publicity campaign rolling out over the next few weeks click the link for a simple animated explanation of whats it all about.