Treco will be exhibiting at the Scone Game Fair in Perth, Scotland with our partner Glendevon Energy who will be promoting our biomass boilers. The show is held at Perth Airport in Scone, Perthshire PH2 6PL and their Stand is in the Renewable Energy Area in Hind Row.
Their exhibit will include Treco’s cut away Guntamatic Powerchip, a multi -fuel biomass boiler that is up to 96% efficient and runs on wood chips, wood pellets, grain and miscanthus (elephant grass).
We are delighted that a Treco installation at Dumbleton Hall Hotel has gained RHI biomass accreditation.
The total figures as of Friday last week show that 99 projects in total have now been accredited, with biomass representing 99% of installed capacity and 91% of accredited projects. To find out more about the RHI uptake; https://rhi.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ExternalReports.aspx?id=1
The system Treco installed is a Guntamatic 198kW Biocom biomass boiler system, with 2 x 1,500 litre running on wood pellets and supplies the heating and hot water for the 34 bed hotel.
Projects of this size could expect to receive upwards of £20,000 a year, every 2 years for 20 years. Please take a look at our RHI calculator to find out more; http://www.treco.co.uk/rhi-calculator/
The system will allow the hotel to make a 30% fuel cost saving, along with reducing CO2 by 96 (or 88 tonnes) a year.
THE ROYAL CORNWALL SHOW….Thursday 7th – Saturday 9th June 2012
After the Jubilee weekend, we are straight back into the show season! This week we are at the Royal Cornwall Show on stand 299. The show is running Thursday 7th – Saturday 9th June 2012 at The Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge
We are once again exhibiting with our friends from the Country Land & Business Association (CLA) and after they won a Silver Medal for their trade stand at Royal Bath and West Show last week, we are very excited for another fantastic show in Wadebridge.
There will be three Guntamatic biomass boilers on the stand to demonstrate the range;
a Synchro log boiler, a Biostar wood pellet boiler and the cut away demo version of Powerchip multi fuel boiler.
The focus of the show will be offering visitors and CLA members the opportunity to see how the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) can benefit them.
We will be available to talk about how biomass can help CLA members to reduce their fossil fuel heating costs by up to 80%, reduce their CO2 emissions by 96% and to receive Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) payments.
Visitors and CLA will be able to discuss their RHI applications and see demonstrations of Treco’s “RHI Calculator”. This tool shows prospective biomass boiler owners the potential earnings from the RHI scheme over 20 years, the fuel cost savings and the payback period, index linked to inflation.
For example, a country estate with main house and offices using a 198kW system could receive upwards of £20,000 and a farm house with cottages and holiday let using 100kW system could earn £10,000 or more a year for the 20 year duration of the scheme.
You can download Treco’s RHI Calculator from their website www.treco.co.uk/renewable-heat-incentive/ or open the Excel file straight from this link www.treco.co.uk/uploads/treco-rhi-calculator.xlsx.
“Treco’s RHI Calculator is proving very popular and is a fantastic tool that we are looking forward to using to demonstrate the RHI’s biomass potential and to showing CLA members and show visitors how we can offer assistance with their RHI applications”, says David Knox, Treco’s marketing manager.
We look forward to seeing you very soon.
Treco will be exhibiting at the Devon County Show on the Country Land & Business Association (CLA)’s stand from May 17th to 19th.
The CLA stand is number 248, road 3 at Westpoint Exeter.
We will be offering members the opportunity to see how the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) can benefit them.
Treco’s advisers will be present to talk about how biomass can help CLA members to reduce their fossil fuel heating costs by up to 80%, reduce their CO2 emissions by 96% and receive Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) payments.
Treco will also be available to discuss how the company can help members with their RHI applications and to give demonstrations of their “RHI Calculator”. This tool shows prospective biomass boiler owners the potential earnings from the RHI scheme over 20 years, the fuel cost savings and the payback period, index linked to inflation.
For example, a country estate with main house and offices using a 198kW system could receive upwards of £20,000 and a farm house with cottages and holiday let using 100kW system could earn £10,000 or more a year for the 20 year duration of the scheme.
You can download Treco’s RHI Calculator from their website www.treco.co.uk/renewable-heat-incentive/ or open the Excel file straight from this link www.treco.co.uk/uploads/treco-rhi-calculator.xlsx.
“Treco’s RHI Calculator is proving very popular and is a fantastic tool that we are looking forward to using to demonstrate the RHI’s biomass potential and to showing CLA members how we can offer assistance with their RHI applications”, says David Knox, Treco’s marketing manager.
http://www.treco.co.uk/newsArticle/Treco+to+demonstrate+to+CLA+members+the+RHI+payments+that+they+can+receive+from+biomass+at+the+Devon+County+Show+/
Four months since the November 28th Launch of the Renewable Heat Incentive RHI, Ofgem has so far officially registered just;
- eight solid biomass boilers (72%)
- one water source heat pump (10%)
- two ground source heat pumps (18%)
for the incentive scheme, which provides firms with payments based on how much renewable heat they generate.
Following feedback on the complexity of the RHI application process Ofgem are holding free, national events on the RHI during March and April 2012. Visit Treco’s website to find out more
http://www.treco.co.uk/newsArticle/72%2725+of+Successful+RHI+Applications+are+For+Solid+Biomass+Boilers%272C+but+only+11+projects+approved+overall++/
From the press association, also features in the Guardian today!
The UK cannot meet its targets to slash greenhouse gases by mid century without using energy from plant sources such as wood, the Government’s climate advisers have said.
Biomass could supply around a tenth of the UK’s energy by 2050, the Committee on Climate Change said, including a range of small-scale uses such as old cooking oil to run buses and woodchip from tree surgery waste in wood-burning boilers, as well as for power stations and in industry.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5giyyNlLsXRQS4xj8syOn-Ayk5h3w?docId=N0280941323163688859A/
(Reuters) – Britain is on track to beat its 2020 emissions-cutting target and could see energy use per person halved by 2050 if it optimizes its energy mix and use of technology, according to a “Carbon Plan” which the government announced on Thursday.
Chris Huhne, the UK’s minister for energy and climate change, said the UK “is absolutely committed to its targets” and is “on track” to exceed the 2020 target, even without factoring in lower emissions from a slowed economy.
The UK’s 2020 target is to reduce emissions by 34 percent, and this is legislated by a trio of 5-year carbon budgets running from 2008 to 2022.
Huhne is set to join a UK delegation at a U.N. climate summit in Durban, South Africa, where climate negotiators from more than 190 countries are scheduled to work until Dec 9 on a new globally binding deal aimed at cutting emissions.
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) said achieving optimal energy savings by 2050 would require a mix of electricity generation from nuclear and renewable sources such as wind, biomass and so-called carbon capture and storage plants.
It said the most cost-effective path to an 80 percent cut in emissions by 2050 would include a mix with 33 gigawatts (GW) of nuclear, 45 GW of renewables and 28 GW of fossil fuels.
Fossil-fuel fired plants would be fitted with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to trap exhausts.
The DECC said the most cost-optimal approach to achieving climate targets would trim 84 pounds a year per person off of Britain’s cost of energy in the economy, which is seen averaging 4,682 pounds per year.
“Every bit of progress we make is one more step away from import dependency, away from price volatility and from the emissions that threaten our way of life,” Huhne said in the DECC statement.
Speaking to reporters in London, he added: “A balanced mix of nuclear power, clean fossil fuels and renewables would also give us jobs in thriving green technology sectors and much greater energy security.”
Britain’s largest business lobby, the CBI, said the government’s Carbon Plan gives investors a “clearer” picture of how the nation can transition to a low-carbon economy.
But Matthew Brown, the CBI’s head of energy and climate change policy, said: “We now need this to be backed by consistent, long-term policies, avoiding any sudden changes of direction which put investors off.”
BINDING TARGETS
The UK’s Conservative-led coalition has set legally binding targets for greenhouse gas emissions over four five-year periods to 2027, known as carbon budgets. They are designed to put the nation on track toward an 80 percent cut in emissions by 2050.
The Carbon Plan suggests that by taking no action to fight climate change, the nation’s spending on net imported fossil fuels would rise to 86 billion pounds in 2050 from around 10 billion pounds today. But if the 2050 energy targets are met, that cost would be as little as 8-24 billion pounds.
In June, the UK set its fourth carbon budget covering the period 2023-2027, which entails reaching a level of emissions 50 percent below those of 1990. It plans to review its budgets in 2014.
The UK government has been pressing the 27-nation EU bloc to raise its 2020 climate ambition more in line with Britain’s ambitious goal.
Versus a UK target to cut emissions by 34 percent, the EU’s binding target is 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2020. It would rise to 30 percent only if other nations commit to comparable efforts under a broader pact.
(Reporting by Jeff Coelho and Oleg Vukmanovic; editing by Jason Neely)
With all of the recent new interest in Treco and in our biomass boiler heating systems, we have recruited two new full-time people into our busy sales team.
Hugh McKeachen– Business Development Manager, Scotland
With growing demand in Scotland and the north, Hugh McKeachan joins us from Armstrong Integrated Ltd as Business Development Manager.
Hugh is based in Erskine, near Glasgow, and is responsible for selling our biomass heating solutions to businesses across Scotland and the North of England. He will deal mainly with new accounts and manage Treco’s relationships with re-sellers and installers throughout the area. Hugh has been in the heating industry for many years and worked for companies such as Selkirk and Ferroli and gained a solid background in both boilers and flues.
Hugh can be contacted on 07912 053709 or via email hugh.mckeachan@treco.co.uk
Chris Edwards – Sales Executive
Chris Edwards joins us from sales roles in the leisure and tourism industry. Chris is based in our head office in Tiverton and will be playing a vital role in helping us manage a growing amount of enquiries, preparing quotes, tender submissions and negotiating prices and contracts.
Chris will manage technical inquiries relating to sales, organise sales site visits and surveys and help Treco to manage new and existing relationships with clients. Chris can be contacted on 0845 130 9012 or chris.edwards@treco.co.uk
Australia’s parliament has passed landmark laws to impose a price on carbon emissions in one of the biggest economic reforms in a decade, giving fresh impetus to December’s global climate talks in South Africa.
Australia accounts for just 1.5% of global emissions, but is the developed world’s highest emitter per capita due to a reliance on coal to generate electricity.
Read the full article here http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/08/australia-senate-passes-carbon-tax?intcmp=122
Great article from the Guardian
With energy prices rising, turning household bills into political kryptonite and making the debate ever more fierce, it’s worth reminding ourselves what this is all about.
It is, first and foremost, about cutting the emissions of greenhouse gases that are dangerously warming our planet down to a level deemed “safe”. This is not an optional extra in the energy debate. If you think it is – that climate change is nothing to worry about – then you are on the wild fringes of the debate: not a single government or science academy agrees with you. Cost and security of supply are also crucial of course, but not at the expense of cutting carbon.
Read the full article here
www.guardian.co.uk/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2011/nov/07/carbon-emissions-intensity-climate-change-renewables