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Grant founder, Stephen Grant.
GRANT CONTINUES TO DRIVE FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY AND ZERO CARBON TO HEAT IRISH PROPERTIES...
Major Grant R&Dbreakthrough to reduce carbon emissions
F ollowing the launch of its Integrated Heating Packages, which are helping new build properties to benefit from a highly efficient, complete heating solution, Grant has announced a major R&D breakthrough that will help prevent Irish property owners from incurring the high cost and disruption associated with deep retrofitting. Representing an investment of over €250,000, Grant has pioneered a major R&D breakthrough that could help reduce carbon emissions in rural and hard-to-heat properties by using its biofuel-compatible Vortex technology. Over the past six
years the Grant R&D team has worked with third level institutions, industry partners and renewable fuel producers, focusing on more sustainable and carbon- saving fuels and innovating its boilers to be biofuel compatible. Commenting on the R&D project, founder Stephen Grant said, “The breakthrough came during testing and field trialling, with boilers successfully using 100% biofuel known as Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO). HVO feedstocks are generally rapeseed oil, sunflower oil, soybean oil, certified sustainable palm oil and non- food oils such as jatropha oil and algae
oil as well as waste animal fats. The use of 100% HVO can result in around 88% reduction in carbon emissions, and using this or a percentage blend of HVO with kerosene, will enable rural and hard-to- heat Irish properties to transition to a renewable green alternative from 100% kerosene at an affordable cost, with minimum disruption to everyday home lives.” While HVO is a relatively new fuel to Ireland, distributors on the island currently include Nicholl Oil in Carryduff, Co. Down and Inver Energy in Blackpool, Co. Cork. One very important benefit of HVO to the Irish construction industry is that plumbers, builders and relevant trades can continue to focus on developing new houses in large numbers without being diverted to slow and costly deep retrofitting projects. For those upgrading a heating system,
“Grant has pioneered a major R&D breakthrough that could help reduce carbon emissions in rural and hard-to-heat properties by using its biofuel- compatible Vortex technology.”
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