With the pressure of national and international targets to reduce carbon emissions and increasing levels of fuel poverty in the UK, two non-profit distributing organisations have joined forces to turn parts of the UK into renewable energy microgeneration hot spots.

Community Energy Solutions (CES) and Renewables East, are celebrating the successful completion of a tender process for suppliers of air-to-water heat pumps. Both parties aim to bring affordable and environmentally-friendly warmth into up to 2,500 homes by introducing renewable heating systems and insulation measures.

The contracts, for the supply and distribution of air source heat pumps, are worth an estimated £3.75 million and will result in the lives of a large number of households  being improved by providing a cleaner and more cost effective  source of space heating and domestic hot water,  reducing the carbon footprint of whole regions.

Air-to-water-heat pumps provide a low carbon, cost effective heating solution by extracting the heat from outside air and using it to heat homes.