Feed-in tariffs explained
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I’d just like to thank…
It’s the season for award ceremonies in the heating industry and voting opens for the prestigious CORGI Awards on 1 July 2010.
Last year, we were delighted that Baxi’s sister company Main scooped the Heating Manufacturer of the Year award.
Successful week!
We’ve had a really successful week here at Baxi. The Baxi Bermuda BBU HE triumphed at the IGEM/SBGI Gas Industry Awards 2010, winning the Gas Industry Innovation Award. The award ceremony was part of the Joint Gas Industry Luncheon held at the London Hilton Hotel on Tuesday 11th May. It was presented by National Grid [...]
New boiler scrappage schemes announced
On 10 February 2010, the Welsh Assembly announced that it is investing in a boiler scrappage scheme. This follows hot on the heels of the Scottish Government, which said last week that it would be running a similar scheme. The two devolved countries are following the English scheme which has been running in England since January 5 [...]
Baxi Group welcomes Government recognition of combined heat and power technology for Feed-in Tariffs
The Government has announced the final details of its Feed-in Tariff (FIT) scheme. Baxi Group welcomes the Government’s recognition that micro-combined heat and power (mCHP) technology will play an important role in reducing the carbon footprint of homes. However Baxi Group is disappointed that the generation tariff for mCHP is set at a lower level [...]
Boiler scrappage scheme explained…
We’ve created a short video explaining how the boiler scrappage scheme works…
Winter advice
Everyone will have noticed the harsh weather conditions that are currently gripping the country, and everything has been affected. Even our boilers. We’ve noticed that the low temperatures have caused some of the external pipework connected to our high efficiency (HE) boilers to freeze. This will be apparent if your boiler is displaying the code [...]
The boiler scrappage scheme – what is it, who is eligible and how will it work?
The purpose of the boiler scrappage scheme, kick-started by the Prime Minister this week, is to provide a grant of £400 to 125,000 households in England with the least efficient, G rated boilers toward the cost of replacing their boiler with a new, A rated model. New boilers are at least 90 per cent efficient, [...]
Boiler scrappage scheme
Yesterday (9 December 2009), in his Pre-Budget Report the Chancellor announced details of a boiler scrappage scheme to start as soon as possible in 2010. The scheme is designed to help householders with older Band G boilers lower their fuel bills and reduce the carbon footprint of homes. Details released so far say that £400 [...]
Carbon monoxide awareness
With winter just around the corner, and the evenings drawing in earlier, now is the time that we’re all starting to turn the central heating on back after the summer. And it’s also a great time to ensure that your gas boiler is working safely and efficiently too, following on from Carbon Monoxide Awareness week [...]