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Advice needed on wood burning regs ÂĢŶĞ łāƒ Ģũ ŽÖķĢŶƘ ũāėŽķÖŶĢŋłŭ łŋƒ Ģł ĕŋũóā̇ homeowners will need even more help from installers and heating professionals to understand how to use wood Öłù ŭŋķĢù ĕŽāķ ðŽũłĢłė ÖťťķĢÖłóāŭ Ģł Ö ŭÖĕā̇ āƧ óĢāłŶ Öłù environmentally-responsible way to comply with the new rules, says HETAS, the registration body for biomass and solid fuel heating installers. ¦Ğā Ģũ ŽÖķĢŶƘ ̛'ŋĿāŭŶĢó ŋķĢù DŽāķŭ ŶÖłùÖũùŭ̜ ̛1łėķÖłù̜ āėŽķÖŶĢŋłŭ ˛˙˛˙, which came into force at the beginning of May, bans the sale of wet wood and house coal and provides minimum standards for wood fuel and ĿÖłŽĕÖóŶŽũāù ŭŋķĢù ĕŽāķŭ̍ 'āĕũÖ̪ŭ āÖùƘ Ŷŋ Žũł ŭóĞāĿā aims to help consumers easily identify the fuels that are best for burning at home. ̦¦Ğā ĢłóŋĿĢłė ķāėĢŭķÖŶĢŋł Öłù ŶĞā āÖùƘ Ŷŋ Žũł scheme are geared towards ensuring people burn better by being able to easily identify the cleanest fuels to use in their ĞŋĿā̧̇ ŭÖƘŭ ũŽóā ķķāł̇ !1z ŋĕ N1¦ ̍ ̦¦Ğŋŭā ŋł ŶĞā frontline play a critical role in ensuring people understand ŶĞā ðāłāƩ Ŷŭ ŋĕ ŽŭĢłė Ŀŋùāũł ĞāÖŶĢłė ÖťťķĢÖłóāŭ ƒĢŶĞ ŶĞā right fuel to minimise the impact that domestic burning has on the environment and our health.”
!āũŶĢƩ óÖŶĢŋł ŭóĞāĿā N1¦ Ģŭ ũŽłłĢłė ŶĞā āÖùƘ Ŷŋ Žũł óāũŶĢƩ óÖŶĢŋł ŭóĞāĿā ĕŋũ mÖłŽĕÖóŶŽũāù ŋķĢù DŽāķŭ ̛m D̜̍ ¦Ğā ķāėĢŭķÖŶĢŋł ùāƩ łāŭ m D Öŭ Ö ĕŽāķ ĿÖłŽĕÖóŶŽũāù ĕũŋĿ óŋÖķ̇ ƒŋŋù̇ plant-derived materials, waxes or petroleum products with other ingredients. All fuels that fall under the ùāŭóũĢťŶĢŋł ŋĕ m D ĿŽŭŶ ðā ƑāũĢƩ āù Öŭ āĿĢŶŶĢłė ķāŭŭ ŶĞÖł ˞ ė̓Ğ ŋĕ ŭĿŋĴā āĿĢŭŭĢŋł Öŭ ŶāŭŶāù ÖėÖĢłŭŶ ˜ˡ˝˚̟˚, and be proven to have a sulphur content of no more than ˛ͮ ̛ùũƘ ÖŭĞ ĕũāā ðÖŭĢŭ̜̍ złķƘ ŶĞŋŭā m Dŭ ƒĢŶĞ ƑāũĢƩ āù āĿĢŭŭĢŋłŭ and sulphur content are legal for sale in England. ¦Ğā āÖùƘ Ŷŋ Žũł ĿÖũĴ Ģŭ Öķŭŋ ÖťťķĢāù Ŷŋ ƒŋŋù ĕŽāķ óāũŶĢƩ āù ðƘ ÂŋŋùŭŽũā̇ Ö ŭŽðŭĢùĢÖũƘ ŋĕ N1¦ ̍ ¦Ğā łāƒ Ģũ ŽÖķĢŶƘ ũāėŽķÖŶĢŋłŭ ŭŶÖŶā ŶĞÖŶ ƒŋŋù ŭŋķù Ģł ƑŋķŽĿāŭ ŋĕ Žť to ˛m3 will need a proven moisture content of ˛˙% or less. Suppliers selling quantities of wood over ˛m3 will need to provide their customers with advice on how to store and season the fuel so that is it dry to burn. ͻ ťĞÖĿłāƒŭ̍óŋ̍ŽĴ̓˟˛˚̓˚˚
Hydrogen heat debate Responding to environmentalist concerns and calls for the government to withdraw funding for hydrogen, the Energy and Utilities Alliance says that such a move would be short sighted. “Calls to cease funding of hydrogen feasibility studies are without consideration of UK consumers,” ŭÖƘŭ ŶĞā 1 ̪ŭ ĞāÖù ŋĕ āƗŶāũłÖķ ÖƦ ÖĢũŭ̇ RŭÖÖó Occhipinti. “There is no denying that we will need hydrogen to help us decarbonise heating. Study after study has demonstrated its feasibility and āƦ āóŶĢƑāłāŭŭ̍ ÂĢŶĞ ŋƑāũ ˡ˞% of homes being connected to the gas grid, the easiest and simplest way to decarbonise is to convert the existing network Öłù ĞŋĿā ťũŋùŽóŶŭ ŭŽóĞ Öŭ ðŋĢķāũŭ Ŷŋ ĞƘùũŋėāł̵̍ “Tackling climate change is the most pressing Öłù óũĢŶĢóÖķ óĞÖķķāłėā ƒā ĕÖóā̍ ÂĢŶĞŋŽŶ Ö óĞŋĢóā ŋĕ ùĢƦ āũāłŶ ĞāÖŶ ŶāóĞłŋķŋėĢāŭ ĕŋũ ŶĞā b̪ŭ ùĢƑāũŭā housing stock, decarbonisation of heat will not gain the support of consumers and will therefore fail.”
A new report from MCS highlights the progress of small-scale renewable energy ŶāóĞłŋķŋėƘ ŽťŶÖĴā Ģł ũĢŶÖĢł ŋƑāũ ŶĞā ķÖŭŶ ˚˝ ƘāÖũŭ̍ ̨ āłāƒĢłė ũĢŶÖĢł̆ ¦Ğā óĞÖłėĢłė landscape of home-grown energy ˛˙˙ˡ ˛˙˛˚̪ Žŭāŭ ùÖŶÖ Ğāķù ðƘ ŶĞā m! RłŭŶÖķķāũ 'ÖŶÖðÖŭā ̛mR'̜̍ Since ˛˙˙ˡ, MCS has registered ˚̍˛ ĿĢķķĢŋł ĢłŭŶÖķķÖŶĢŋłŭ ŋĕ ŶĞā Ʃ Ƒā major renewable energy technologies, generating ˜˝̇˙˙˙FÂĞ-plus of energy, and saving nearly ˚˙ million tonnes of CO2e – equivalent to the electricity consumed annually by ˢ̍˟˞ million homes.
However, at current rates of progress, MCS has calculated that it would take around ˛˞˙ years to reach the point where all ˛˟̍˞ ĞŋĿāŭ Ģł ũĢŶÖĢł ĞÖù ŭŋĿā ĕŋũĿ of renewable energy installed. The analysis also shows that the path of growth has been volatile, with the number of installations spiking and dropping in line with changes in government incentives, notably the Dāāù-Ģł ¦ÖũĢƦ ̛DĢ¦̜ Öłù āłāƒÖðķā NāÖŶ RłóāłŶĢƑā ̛ NR̜̍ To read the report, simply enter the online link below on your browser. ͻ ťĞÖĿłāƒŭ̍óŋ̍ŽĴ̓˟˛˚̓˚˙
