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Author: Eirinn Rusbridge

Talk to me about technical aspects of sustainability, feasibility studies and carbon footprinting.

Job Title: Project Engineer

Tel: 024 7669 8899

Email: [email protected]

Friday, 19 January 2024
ESOS Phase 3: Latest Updates
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ESOS Phase 3: Latest Updates

The latest guidance on the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) was published on 29 November 2023. In this blog we highlight the latest changes and updates to ensure your business is ESOS compliant ahead of the looming deadline.
Tuesday, 14 June 2022
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What to Consider – Feasibility of Batteries

With energy prices at an all time high, battery energy storage is becoming increasingly attractive. There are clever ways to store energy to sell when the price is right, or to use it yourself at heavier energy demand times to offset reliance on the grid.
Tuesday, 12 October 2021
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What to Consider – Natural Gas CHP Feasibility

Natural gas Combined Heat and Power (CHP) has long been an attractive option for sites with a combination heat, electricity, and CO2 demand. The systems combine the use of a heat engine or power station to generate electricity and useful heat at the same time.
Tuesday, 05 October 2021
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What to Consider – Heat Pump Feasibility

Towards the end of the RHI ground source heat pumps rose in popularity bringing cost advantages to economies of scale. Capital costs can still be prohibitive for smaller installations but are expected to decrease as the technology becomes more commonplace.
Friday, 24 September 2021
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What to Consider – Solar PV Feasibility

Even though there are no direct incentive schemes for installations out right now, solar PV has an increasingly important place in the renewable energy space when placed in the context of global energy prices and the road to Net Zero. There are two main strategies which must be considered to get
Thursday, 08 April 2021
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Feasibility studies: What are they?

What is a feasibility study?
Thursday, 04 June 2020
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Going further with calculating carbon emissions

Interest in calculating carbon emissions has been recently gathering pace, with lively discussions at the NFU conference and the launch of the Net Zero: Farm Status Indicator.
Thursday, 13 February 2020
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My life at NFU Energy so far…

I joined NFU Energy in November 2018 as a Graduate Engineer. Since then I have worked on a wide variety of projects, spanning feasibility studies, legislative consulting, renewable incentive compliance, and carbon footprinting.
Thursday, 09 January 2020
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How to get started with carbon footprinting

As the climate change agenda gathers pace, many farmers and growers are thinking about how to assess their greenhouse gas emissions and how to begin to reduce or offset them.
Thursday, 19 September 2019
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Are Global Warming Potentials fit for purpose for carbon foot printing?

There has been some discussion recently regarding the current benchmarking we use to quantify how harmful greenhouse gases (GHGs) are - Global Warming Potentials (GWPs). GWP weighs the potential that different gases have to cause warming to the environment, in comparison to an equivalent weight of