UK News

UK: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) says it is not convinced that current progress on the government’s aims to reach 600,000 heat pump installations per year by 2028 matches its ambitions.

UK: Ideal Heating has entered into heat pump trials with the local authority in its home city of Hull.

UK: Interest in heat pumps continues with rising numbers of installations reported under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) and record applications for grants under the Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS).

UK: Next month’s InstallerShow at the NEC is promising a host of events, lectures and discussions relevant to the cooling industry.

UK: Wholesaler Beijer Ref UK & Ireland is stepping up its ancillary offering with a dedicated service for air conditioning and refrigeration installers.

UK: Poor maintenance of plate heat exchangers (PHE) across industry is playing a major role in increased global carbon emission levels, according to a new white paper from Alfa Laval.

UK: Energy supplier British Gas has introduced a new reduced rate electricity tariff in a bid to encourage more heat pump installations. 

UK: Paul Szyszczak, sales director and UK & Ireland country manager at Danfoss Climate Solutions is to leave the company at the end of this month after more than 27 years with the business.

UK: Mitsubishi Electric has opened a new heat pump training centre, capable of training over 1,000 engineers per year, at its factory in Livingston.

UK: The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has called for UK tax incentives to encourage green technologies, like heat pumps, to tackle climate change and boost the economy.

UK: Sunswap’s Endurance zero-emission transport refrigeration unit has been shown to provide an impressive 73% of a TRU’s energy requirement in a recent trial.

UK: Copeland is nearing the completion of a £19m investment in its compressor manufacturing facility in Cookstown, Northern Ireland.

UK: A-Gas’ UK and Europe MD John Ormerod and Ken Logan, the group’s sustainability, marketing and regulatory director, are set to leave the company next month.

UK: Rachel Bridges has been appointed as UK managing director of Alfa Laval, the global heat transfer, separation and fluid handling company.

UK: Kensa’s pioneering Shoebox ground-source heat pump has been included in a new energy transition gallery within the Science Museum in London.

UK: M&E contractors are increasingly optimistic about their future growth prospects, according to a new report from the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA).

UK: Daikin UK is to integrate its Altherma heat pumps with Hive, one of the UK’s leading smart thermostat providers.

UK: Luke Haile, winner of the WorldSkills UK Gold medal in 2022, is to represent the UK in refrigeration and air conditioning at WorldSkills in Lyon in September.

UK: Airedale by Modine, the Leeds-headquartered critical cooling specialists, has purchased a 14.6 acre manufacturing site in nearby Bradford to provide increased production, test, office and storage capabilities.

UK: The UK government has announced a further £5.3m in funding under its Heat Pump Ready scheme to support the development of innovative heat pump solutions.

UK: The UK government has confirmed that it expects to publish a national cooling action plan “in the early part” of the next parliament.  Responding…