In the recent 2007 Annual Review by The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall
it was announced that the Household of The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall
reduced its carbon emissions by 9 per cent.

This major success was achieved through a number of innovative measures, including
the installation of a carbon neutral heating system at their Gloucestershire home.

Somerset based energy experts, BJP Consulting Group Ltd were appointed to design
and project manage the scheme, which included a British made Talbotts boiler. The
boiler has been designed to utilise a number of renewable fuels including woodchip &
miscanthus and is supplemented with Viessmann solar panels. The whole of the
installation has an integrated control system, which was configured by TESA
(Western) Ltd; this includes energy and carbon metering.

Watertite Heating of Yeovil undertook the full site installation and coordination of
the Project, bringing it to a successful conclusion in just 10 weeks

Europanel Saving Money by Going Green
Europanel UK Ltd. Specialises in the manufacture of MDF and chip board panels
for the shop fitting business. Its manufacturing site is based at Skelmersdale,
Lancashire and covers an area of 2,320m². The manufacturing area of the site
was heated by a fossil fuel powered boiler that was costing around £15,000 a
year in heating bills. Wanting to replace the existing system with a cheaper,
greener alternative the company applied for an interest-free loan from the
Carbon Trust to help with the initial up-front cost of a Talbott TMA 300kW
heater. Europanel UK was also helped by the West Lancashire Investment
Centre which provided a grant to assist with the costs as well.

Being a manufacturer of chip board, the factory produced waste wood which
could be used as fuel for heating. Therefore, it was proposed that a waste
wood extract system and a Talbott’s waste wood heater be installed. Not only
would the new system provide heating but it would improve energy efficiency
by automating the recovery of waste wood and dust from the factory allowing the
machinery to operate with an improved productivity rate. Because the wood waste
has no cost, the new system will save the entire annual energy bill as well as 32
tonnes of carbon emissions a year. With the annual savings, this translates to a
payback period of 3.9 years.

Paul Rooney, Managing Director of Europanel UK Ltd., said ‘With the help of an interest-
free loan from the Carbon Trust, we were able to invest in this fantastic new system which
has helped us minimise our energy bill and cut our carbon footprint. Our heating bills are
now nil thanks to the fact we can burn our waste wood and we save on transport costs as we no longer need to take this waste to landfill. Cost efficiencies are critical for a business such


as ours. There’s no doubt that significant savings have been already achieved”.

Peter Davidson, Factory Manager of Europanel UK Ltd. said working with Talbott’s Biomass Energy
Ltd. was a great experience. “We found the company very professional – from reception to the
engineers. Any problems and Talbott’s has been there to take care of it quickly. With regards to
operation of the unit, we adapted very quickly and we find the heater very easy to use. The Talbott’s
TMA unit is not obtrusive; you don’t even know it’s there. Talbott’s genuinely delivered on their promises."
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