Did you know that you can use natural or renewable energy sources like heat from the sun or wood to heat your home and water? We recommend three main options suitable for home use.
Types of alternative heating
Ecogen - Our next Generation A+ rated boiler
Why consider a Next Generation Boiler
- Generates free electricity for you as well as doing the job of a regular boiler.
- Puts you more in control of your electricity needs.
Generating Electricity for your home:
- Ecogen can generate up to 30% of your electricity needs*.
- It generates 1kW of electricity every hour to run your household appliances.
- 1kW is enough to power ten 20W light bulbs, your TV, computer and washing machine.
Making you money by producing electricity
- Benefit from the government scheme called Feed-in-Tariff. (FiT)
- You get 10p for every kW of electricity the boiler generates and an additional 3p per kW for any unused electricity that you feed back to the national grid.
- Payments are guaranteed for 10 years.
- Only 30,000 grants available from the government so hurry now!
Easy to install and really reliable
- The Ecogen boiler is simple to install, just needing a single electricity supply.
- British Gas engineers and the boiler are both Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) accredited, so you can be sure the installation will meet the required standards and qualify for the Feed-in-Tariff.
- Over a million test hours have also been completed.
How it works
- The Ecogen is a regular boiler that contains a Stirling engine. The gas burner fires up the Stirling engine which moves a piston inside a ring of magnets to generate electricity. This is very similar to how a car alternator works.
- Generates significant amounts of low carbon electricity.
- Cost effective energy efficiency device.
Considerations
- Current technology suited to larger homes, however smaller homes could be accommodated providing it has an attached garage or other suitable installation location.
- You will need a load bearing wall to install the Ecogen boiler.
- The Ecogen needs to be installed on the ground floor and cannot be installed above kitchen units.
Call one of our heating experts now on 0800 009 4075 for a free consultation and quote.
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Notes
* Assumes industry average standard gas consumption of 16500 kWh with a heat output of 14837 kWh and an industry average standard electricity consumption of 3300 kWh with 60/40% split between electricity used on-site/exported on a typical export tariff. Actual generation depends on individual usage/circumstances.
