A recently commissioned 5 panel system on a metal roof. Having over a year ago installed the first 5 panels Lothian Renewables were asked to install a further 5. The customer has been very happy with the performance of the initial system and wanted to increase the size. With the change in tariff rates in…
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Season and Sweep
One of the most common causes of chimney fires and carbon monoxide risk, is attempting to burn wood that has not been seasoned correctly. Wood with too high a moisture content will burn inefficiently and can very quickly coat the inside of your chimney with creosote and tar products which can not only reduce significantly…
Home Renewable Loan Scheme £5 million boost.
Scottish Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing has announced a £5 million pound boost to the Home Renewables loan Scheme, which, from August this year can support households by offering up to £10000 loans for installing renewable heat technologies such as Biomass boilers and Solar Thermal panels. The announcement came on the same day that the Scottish…
Poolewe PV and Solar Thermal
This installation in Poolewe shows both Solar Thermal and PV. Since installed on this south facing roof the customer has experienced 2 reductions in her monthly electricity payments from supplier E.ON. The solar hot water system together with a new highly insulated storage tank has significantly reduce the cost of heating water and the use of…
Windhager Biomass Installation
A recent installation commissioned in May 2012 showing a Windhager VarioWin Exclusive boiler which was installed to replace an existing oil fired system. The biomass system included the supply and installation of an unvented Gledhill 300l Solar lite cylinder and a full weather compensation system controlling the boiler output. The Exclusive model incorporates ash compaction which…
Oban Times
July will hopefully bring with it long hot summer days, fires off, windows open – fingers crossed! As we all know the winter won’t be that long in coming our way. Now is the time to consider alternatives to oil or all electric heating systems. Interest free loans and installation grants are currently available for…
Midsummer Heat
Two days to go until the sun reaches its highest point in the mid-day sky and its most intense on midsummer’s day at noon. Whilst other factors can influence PV system output a clear blue sky on mid summers day can theoretically be the annual peak for performance, not so this year in central Scotland…
PV Installation Figures Increase
Latest figures released from DECC suggest that PV installs have recovered from the confusion caused by the changes to the FITs rates. The figures below suggest very similar rates of weekly installation rates as this time last year as the table below shows. Lothian Renewables have over the past few weeks seen an increase in…
RHI Budget Control
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has published its response to the consultation on Renewable Heat incentive cost control. The document can be downloaded from the DECC website. The details contained in the document will be taken to Parliament in June and will likely become legislation thereafter. Basically after the fiasco surrounding the…
Meeting with Waxman Renewables
Lothian Renewables travelled down to Waxman Renewables new warehouse and training facilities just outside Halifax, to see firsthand their range of Solar Thermal and biomass boiler products. We met with their newly appointed Buisiness Development Manager, James Shakespeare and discussed product specifications in detail with Andrew Sims, Technical Advisor. Waxman are suppliers of the Italian manufacturer…