SHINE 21

Janet Sanders

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SHINE 21

• “Enabling plumbers to learn new skills in the design and installation of solar water heating systems”

• SHINE - Solar Heating Installer Network

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• The link between plumbers and the solar heating industry:

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• Association of Plumbing and Heating Contractors

• Solar water heating in NVQ Plumbing Level 3

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• UK target: over 100,000 systems per year

• Thousands of new jobs

• Energy savings

• CO2 abatement

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• Training is vital to assure quality

• Give users access to local trained installers

• Reduce costs of solar water heating systems

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• Raise awareness

• Fair and accurate information

• Freephone help-line

• Promotional leaflet

• Energy agencies, energy advice centres, local authorities, shows

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• Regional in its approach

• 20 regions by 1999/2000

• South and West Wales is first region

• Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire next

• Discussions with other organisations in progress

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• New materials build on existing file:– CD-ROM– Video– WEB-page

• To be piloted in 2000

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• Vision:– Create a network of trained installers across

England and Wales– Easy access for home owners, house builders

and others to fair information and good quality installers

• Laying the foundations for solar water heating to become a mainstream technology in the UK

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Regional Solar Market Development

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Introduction

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Role in Project• Develop & implement regional initiatives• Adopt bottom up approach• Partnership with local players

• Local authorities, TECs, Energy Agencies, firms of plumbers etc.

• Key to successful regional market developments

• Dissemination of the project

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Local Targets• City and County of Swansea - ‘Solar City’

• 5 % of all houses by 2010

– Equates to ~ 5,000 installations

• SHINE 21 key in achieving goals

– Team of skilled installers

– Ensure high quality of installations

– Raise awareness, profile & increase uptake

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Key Benefits• Social & Economic

– Job creation

– Energy savings through offsetting conventional fuels

• Environmental Savings

– Abatement of harmful emissions

• Security of Supply

– Harness of sustainable energy sources

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Benefits to Swansea• Creation of ~ 100 full time jobs

– Demand for products and services

• Lifetime savings

• 300 GWh or ~26 thousand tonnes of oil equivalent offset

• ~£10 million

• Abatement of ~75,000 tonnes of C02

• 15-25% of energy consumption in dwellings delivered from renewable sources

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Conclusions

• Shine 21 is one of the most exciting renewable initiatives ever undertaken in the UK

• Position the UK solar industry as market leaders

• Model for the development of other small scale renewable technologies

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