Grant boosts renewables deployment
Ireland’s leading heating
technology manufacturer
Grant is proud to be supporting
the Ulster University and the
Northern Ireland Housing
Executive (NIHE) in their
RULET – Rural-Led Energy
Transition – initiative aimed at
reducing or eliminating the risk
of low-income households being
left behind in the transition to
clean, smart, integrated energy
systems.
The RULET initiative is part
of the SPIRE 2 (Storage Platform
for the Integration of Renewable
Energy) project which is a €6.7m
EU-funded Interreg VA, cross
border project which aims to
evaluate, develop, and facilitate
the wide-scale deployment
of consumer-owned energy
storage technologies, to operate
profitably in the changing
energy markets in Ireland and
the UK.
Led by the Ulster University
and the NIHE, RULET is
focused on making the full
benefits of smart energy
technology available to the most
vulnerable households in the
western counties of Northern
Ireland, a wind energy hotspot.
This includes the installation
of the Grant hybrid heat pump
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system which has been specially
designed for social housing.
The first part of the project
aims to enable people to avail
of agile tariffs - by running the
Grant heat pumps to charge
Sunamp heat batteries, when
wind energy is available on the
system, NIHE tenants will be
able to avail of exceptionally low
home heating prices.
Commenting on the
company’s involvement in
the initiative Barry Gorman,
National Renewables Sales
Manager at Grant said, “We are
delighted to be supporting the
Ulster University and Northern
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Ireland Housing Executive in
this initiative and helping to
advance the deployment of
renewables throughout the
UK and Ireland. Our hybrid
heat pump system allows a
6kW heat pump to run in
tandem with an existing boiler
installation. Following basic
energy efficiency upgrades
carried out by the Northern
Ireland Housing Executive, the
hybrid system will run at high
efficiency using wind energy
stored overnight and will help
to significantly reduce fossil
fuel consumption and carbon
emissions.”
Dublin based wireless telecommunications
provider, Vilicom, has announced a new two-year
partnership with Three Ireland which will see
the company improve network capabilities and
connectivity for corporate customers throughout
Ireland.
This comes at a time when mobile connectivity
couldn’t be more important for keeping the Irish
workforce connected.
The newly signed agreement will see Vilicom
support Three Ireland’s customers through the
provision and deployment of reliable in-building
mobile coverage systems, to ensure seamless
connectivity to the existing network during
transitions between the indoor and outdoor user
experiences.
Mobile connectivity is often hampered by
various materials used during construction of
evolving urban landscapes, which can impede
and occasionally completely obstruct signal
penetration. Vilicom has developed bespoke
tools and technology to bolster signal and allow
for smooth, uninterrupted connectivity. The
newly signed agreement will see Vilicom improve
the quality experience for Three Ireland’s large
collective of corporate clients across the region.
“Our new partnership with Three represents
a new-age of mobile connectivity in Ireland.
We’ve got a suite of bespoke solutions at our
disposal and we’re keen to share our learnings
and technology with our new peers in the region,”
says Sean Keating, CEO of Vilicom.
Sean’s collaborative vision is shared by Eóin
MacManus, Chief Business Officer of Three
Ireland: “At Three Ireland, we have always been
committed to delivering the very best network
experience for our customers. Connectivity has
never been more important, and we can continue
to enhance our network for our customers,
keeping them connected to what matters most.”
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