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Alnwick's re:heat lands £250k Cumbrian care contract

Northumberland-based re:heat has landed a £250k contract to custom-fit a wood pellet heating system into a Cumbrian care home.

re:heat supports firms through the process of designing and installing biomass boilers, and through the RHI scheme, to help them unlock the potential of the latest green energy technology.

Founded in 2011 by Neil Harrison and Ben Tansey, the Alnwick SME assists businesses of all sizes to convert from fossil fuels to sustainable, low carbon wood fuel heating systems.

re:heat worked for 18 months with the owners of the Rosehill residential home at Aglionby, near Carlisle, to replace oil-fired boilers with the new system.

The 500kW biomass boiler is fuelled by wood pellets stored in a new building on site constructed by McKnight & Son after re:heat’s detailed design work to understand the heating needs of the Grade II listed care home.

Ben Tansey, re:heat director, said: “What the biomass boiler gives the residents and owners of Rosehill is a lower cost, sustainable and more robust system than the oil boilers they had.

“We sat down with the care home owners to really understand what their requirements were, why they wanted to change, to look at the design of the listed building and see how this system could be carefully fitted in place.

“It is important that the residents have a high and continuous level of heat, and the technical solutions we have put forward for Rosehill have ensured that we are future-proofing their heating system.

“The principle we took for the whole scheme was that with some additional capital expenditure in the future, they will have the option to switch to alternative renewable fuel sources - such as wood chip for instance – so they remain flexible and able to take advantage of cost effective options which may arise.”

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