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Oil and Renewable Energy Show – sponsor news
Harlequin’s easy to use technology
Technical 5
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Oil plus solar thermal – a prize installation
Dave Shaw of South Coast Solar
Dave Shaw, of South Coast Solar, won first prize in the Greenstar oil-fired boiler installation category at the 12th annual Environment 2020 Awards, hosted by Worcester, Bosch Group.
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A busy Ecobuild debut…
Answering questions on bio-liquids, renewables integration and OFTEC’s new consultancy service were technical officer, Paul Hennon and Malcolm Farrow
The OFTEC pavilion at Ecobuild in March provided an ideal opportunity to showcase latest developments in bio-liquids and hybrid oil/renewable heating systems.
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First rate support from Firebird
Barry Brynildsen on the Firebird stand at Ecobuild
“However good your products are, it’s not the only consideration in the installer’s choice of his preferred boiler brand,” says Firebird’s national sales manager, Barry Brynildsen.
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Historic boiler discoveries
1960s Firefly manual was recovered
Worcester, Bosch Group recently opened a museum at the company’s Warndon, Worcester headquarters. The museum guides visitors through five decades of products, photography and literature, and features a number of products dating back through previous decades.
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Keeping one step ahead of new legislation….
New rules, introduced by the Department of Communities & Local Government (DCLG), are expected to shake up the way that all competent persons’ schemes operate.
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Installers’ DVD champions renewables
Hands-on installers Watson and Andy share their experiences with other installers
Heating and plumbing engineers, Andy Buchan and Watson Carlill, have released a renewables DVD aimed at installers. The pair who have a combined 80 years in the industry, recently formed Future Renewable Energy (FRE).
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Ordering made easy
The new Hytek website with improved search facility
Hytek has a brand new website to make purchasing items online, quick and easy. Once an online account has been created, the company’s entire catalogue of products is available for browsing. The products are split down into industry categories, which can then be filtered by manufacturer.
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Key appointments announced at OFTEC
OFTEC technical director designate, Paul Rose
Paul Rose has been promoted to technical director designate. Paul has been part of the OFTEC technical team since 2005, and prior to that worked for a major oil boiler manufacturer. He has been heavily involved with the project to develop bio-liquids as an environmentally friendly alternative to kerosene.
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Made in China
Meeting ET Solar staff at the company’s offices in Nanjing, China, Oil Installer’s editor, Jane Hughes, 5th from left
Sixty per cent of the world is now generating electricity using solar products manufactured in China. In latter years – made in China – left UK consumers distinctly unimpressed, but today companies like the ET Solar Group are producing a quality product at a lower cost. Now widely used in countries like Germany, where top quality manufacturing is the norm, representing our sister publication Renewable Energy Installer, Oil Installer (OI) witnessed the company’s operation first hand.
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APPlying the latest technology…
The Find a Boiler tool provides installers with on-the-job access to information about the Greenstar boiler range
Listen to the ever-increasing number of new generation “smart phone” or “computer tablet” users, and you will persistently hear that “application software” is the future.
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The Oil & Renewable Energy Show 2012
Some of the best known names in renewable energy chose to become sponsors of the Oil and Renewable Energy Show 2012, including Kingspan Environmental, Worcester Bosch and Plumb Center whilst other high profile brands also took floor space.