Installers and Products

Installers
The specific technology to be installed at the building must be supplied and installed by a Certificated Installer certificated for that technology through the government's Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS). For further information and contact details of certificated installers, please refer to: www.microgenerationcertification.org.
In line with achieving good value for money you should make sure to obtain at least two quotes from different installers for each technology you are intending to install.

Products
Certificated installers may only specify certificated products, the list of which is also managed by the Microgeneration Certification scheme and included on the website below. This list includes products certificated by MCS and also, for a limited time, products approved under the old Clear Skies scheme for micro hydro turbines only (see below). Those products certificated under MCS have undergone a comprehensive registration procedure requiring compliance with strict criteria and current testing standards. Certificated installers of Solar Thermal systems can also specify solar collectors certificated under the Solar Keymark scheme and these have to be installed in line with the MCS standard MIS3001. Heat generating products between 45kW and 300kW thermal products listed on the Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) Scheme may also be used.
Any product being considered for subsequent capital grant funding must be new and not refurbished.


MCS Transition Arrangements for Products

As part of the development of The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS), the Clear Skies products lists, apart for micro hydro turbines, will be withdrawn on 31st December 2009. The industry was formally advised of this process in November 2008. In light of this action, Transitional Arrangementst have been developed in order to facilitate the transition of the Clear Skies product list to MCS products. Please see Transitional Arrangements for a summary of the process and details of the requirements which product manufacturers will need to meet in order for their products to be included in the transition. Also please check the MCS website for further updates.

For further information on products, please refer to:
http://www.microgenerationcertification.org/
www.eca.gov.uk/etl/find
www.estif.org/solarkeymark/productsandcertificates.php

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