Future generation boilers win government backing; Cheshire firm impresses energy minister IN ASSOCIATION WITH Ransburg Sheppards.Byline: BY ALISTAIR HOUGHTON Daily Post Business Staff CHESHIRE technology group Energetix has won Government support for its Genlec boilers that generate electricity while they run. Energy minister Mike O'Brien attended this week's official London launch of Energetix's Genlec micro combined heat and power Micro combined heat and power or microCHP is an extension of the now well established idea of cogeneration to the single/multi family home or small office building. Overview (micro-CHP) technology in London. Boilers fitted with Genlec technology operate in the same way as traditional boilers while also generating electricity. Energetix says Genlec can save householders up to pounds 150 a year in fuel costs. The Capenhurst company has already signed agreements with boiler boiler, device for generating steam. It consists of two principal parts: the furnace, which provides heat, usually by burning a fuel, and the boiler proper, a device in which the heat changes water into steam. manufacturers including German firm Stiebel Eltron Stiebel Eltron is a company based in Holzminden, Germany that manufactures central heating products such as heat pumps. In 1924 in Berlin, Dr. Theodor Stiebel, the company founder, started to develop and manufacture products that used less energy, were much safer and gave to include its technology in their products. It is hopeful it can sell millions of boilers throughout Europe. Mr O'Brien said the Government welcomed new technologies such as Genlec and said householders who used the system could be able to claim money from the Government if they were able to cut their energy bills. He said: "Microgeneration technologies that generate both heat and electricity can reduce household energy bills and play an important part in the fight against climate change. The UK needs to dramatically reduce damaging carbon emissions by 2050. "Under new laws New Laws: see Las Casas, Bartolomé de. , people who fit low-carbon products such as the Genlec micro-CHP unit will soon be able to claim money for the electricity they produce." Energetix chief executive Adrian Hutchings said: "We are very proud of the achievements of Energetix Genlec, and the formal launch of the Genlec micro-CHP unit is the culmination of significant innovation from the Genlec team. "The arrangements which we have with a number of European boiler manufacturers underpin the strength of the product. "We're delighted the Minister has supported the launch of our micro-CHP unit, an innovation that we believe can have a significant impact in helping consumers lower their energy bills." Energetix, which listed on the Alternative Investment Market in 2006, plans to remain a research and development company even if its technology takes off and will outsource any large-scale manufacturing. Its other products include Pnu Power, a compressed air-powered system to protect installations such as telephone masts A mast is a man-made support structure, commonly used on sailing ships as support for sails, or on land as radio masts and towers used to support telecommunication equipment such as radio antennas ("aerials" in the UK). This is a list of masts 300 meters or higher. from power cuts Sister listed company VPhase, also based at Capenhurst, has developed a technology that keeps voltage levels in houses at a steady level, helping householders save electricity. alistairhoughton@dailypost.co.uk CAPTION(S): Energy Minister Mike O'Brien, left, looks at a Genlec boiler with William Fortescue, chief executive of Energetix Genlec, at the Genlec launch in London; Mike O'Brien |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion