Ayrshire building contractors William Skinner announce commitment to renewable energy
Building contractors William Skinner & Son of Ayrshire in Scotland have announced that they will shortly be offering both locally and nationally a range of renewable energy products and services.
(I-Newswire) - BUILDING contractors William Skinner & Son of Ayrshire in Scotland have announced that they will shortly be offering both locally and nationally a range of renewable energy products and services.
William Skinner & Son's chairman John Quinton explained the reasons behind the move.
“Apart from our very rapid company growth, which has led us to want to diversify, it does seem a good idea to save on energy bills and do our bit to slow down climate change.
“Most renewable energy devices – equipment that generates electricity from the wind, waves or sun, or which heats water directly using energy from the sun – have been around for decades, in some cases for centuries. But they have not caught on till now, and they are still seen as mostly peripheral ways of contributing energy to the total required.”
Skinners argue that three facts will very soon result in everybody clamouring for whatever renewable energy they can get, peripheral or not, the alternative being that they either won’t be able to get enough of it, or to afford it, as conventional fuels, ( gas and oil ), run out and prices soar.
After all, whatever the cost of renewable energy sources, after what is already an acceptable payback period they produce free energy for the life of the system used – normally at least 25 years. We don’t have to think about climate change to justify them – they do that on energy cost savings alone.
The three facts are:
Oil and gas are running out, whilst the world demand for them is increasing. And we are at the end of the pipeline.
The amount of energy from the sun falling on each square metre of the earth’s surface is equivalent to 3,000kWH annually – so that alone is enough to meet the entire global demand for energy many times over. Even without wind, water and nuclear power we can manage easily without oil and gas. If we get our act together in time.
In real terms fuel prices have at least doubled in the last year, and they are likely to double again every couple of years or even faster than that. What has a payback period of 10 years now will, in practice, pay for itself in less than half that time.
And Skinners are setting the rest of us a good example. The company has obtained planning permission to install a 6kW wind turbine at its St Quivox headquarters near Prestwick Airport, and they have also ordered a photovoltaic system as well as two solar panel heating systems.
The wind turbine will be supplied by Stewarton, Ayrshire company Proven Energy.
Both the wind turbine, generating electricity from the wind, and the photovoltaic cells, which generate electricity directly from the sun, will feed into the National Grid any energy that Skinners generate but don’t need at the time, and the solar panels will produce much of the hot water they need.
John Quinton concluded: “Most people won’t want a wind turbine in the back garden, at least not until the new range of small domestic models becomes available, but everybody, surely, would like some free hot water.
“Around Easter time we shall be offering locally, and installing in one day, a solar hot water system which will generate half the hot water a typical household needs.
“It costs nothing to run it, what it produces is free, and there is a 30% grant available towards the very modest cost.”
Editor's note
If and when, as is now predicted, the Greenland ice sheet melts, the sea level will rise 7 metres or 25 feet, and Ayr, Prestwick, Troon and every other coastal town in Ayrshire will drown. It won’t happen for a while, though, so there is no need to panic. And if everybody installed a solar heating system, it might not happen at all.
If you have questions regarding information in this press release contact the company listed below. I-Newswire.com is a press release service and not the author of this press release. The information that is on or available through this site is for informational purposes only and speaks only as of the particular date or dates of that information. As some companies / PR Agencies submit their press releases once per week/month or quarter, make sure check the official company website for accurate release dates as our site displays the I-Newswire.com distribution date only. We do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of information on or available through this site, and we are not responsible for inaccuracies or omissions in that information or for actions taken in reliance on that information.
Immerse yourself in mystery and magic with two exciting new casual games from Focus Multimedia and Big Fish Games Studios, one of the world’s leading casual game developers. Hidden Expedition Titanic and Azada join Focus’ popular Revival range of super-budget price games and are available in a store near you.
Edraw Max enables students, teachers and business professionals to reliably create and publish kinds of diagrams to represent any ideas. With large pre-drawn libraries and more than 4600 vector symbols, drawing couldn't be easier!
New range of cards launched to make you the cover star.Hallmark Cards in partnership with OK Magazine has launched an exclusive and exciting new range of greeting cards that gives people the chance to give family and friends the A-List treatment.
Many people choose not to pursue an accident claim. The reasons range from knowing the insurance company will settle; to they don't want the legal hassles and expense.
Many individuals and businesses have always purchased their personal computers from a well-known provider to pre-conceived specifications. Increasingly...
The effectiveness of SEO and PPC Services are directly related to the quality and quantity of the performance data that they have to work with. If you are seeking assistance in achieving a higher ranking on search engine results, then we suggest you visit RankYourWebsites.com, specialist in this area. If you have found your attempts at optimization to prove fruitless, the representatives at RankYourWebsites.com will have a solution to increase your traffic.
http://www.vineyardsforsalein.com/ - online island vineyard for sale, vineyard for sale paso, texas vineyard for sale, washington vineyard for sale, tuscany vineyard for sale, vineyard for sale santa, vineyard for sale California
Mark Flanagan, Managing Director of Manchester health and safety, food safety and fire safety consultancy, Shieldyourself, discussed the Scores on the Doors scheme when he made a guest appearance on the BBC’s 5 Live Radio Show recently.
