MCS has announced that the UK’s first ever heat pump installer apprenticeship will receive government funding to train 57,000 heat pump installers by the end of the decade.
Concerns have been raised by renewables certification body MCS about the decision by Octopus Energy to accept solar installations on their Smart Export Guarantee tariffs without MCS accreditation.
The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) has revealed that April 2023 saw Wales secure the highest uptake of small-scale renewable installations for homes and businesses in the UK.
Rising heat pump demand could see the UK Government’s flagship Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) run out of vouchers as early as 2024 – months before it’s original end date in March 2025.
According to the latest data from the Microgeneration Certifications Scheme (MCS) there were over 60,000 small-scale renewable installations in Q1 this year – the highest performing quarter since Q4 2015.
The latest data from the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) has reported a record-breaking year for heat pumps in 2022, with more than 30,000 MCS-certified installations registered between air and ground source technologies.