With an imminent announcement on the Renewable Heat Incentive expected from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, the renewable industry is holding its breath as many MCS Accredited installers eagerly anticipate the influx of enquiries, and the resulting boost in business and profits.

Behind the scenes many installers and administrators of the MCS scheme are expressing concern at the industry’s ability to cope with the expected explosion in demand.The DECC is predicting a best case scenario in excess of 7 million installations under the RHI between 2011 and 2020, with 25% of these installations expected to take place in 2020. It is widely anticipated that the Renewable Heat Incentive will fall under the existing MCS scheme with a similar set of criteria to its predecessor the Low Carbon Buildings programme.

Prediction – 49,000 more MCS Accredited Installers needed in the next ten years

Currently under the MCS scheme, there are approximately 960 approved installers, which, with RHI uptake estimates, would need to increase to 50,000 by 2020 in order to cope with demand.

One business established earlier this year to help installers achieve MCS Accreditation and take advantage of the upturn in demand, Easy MCS, aims to make MCS Accreditation far more accessible.

“Easy MCS provide a cost- and pain-free solution to MCS Accreditation,” says Easy MCS Sales Manager, Thomas Farquhar. “For most installers the cost of taking three days off to complete the paperwork, write a full quality management system and undergo an inspection is prohibitive – especially as it may ultimately result in a failed inspection.’’ Easy MCS Accreditation Dave Jones of Crown Renewable Energy passes MCS Accreditation with flying colours.

 

A 100% success rate

Farquhar continues: “We have worked closely with all the MCS Certification bodies such as BRE, CORGI and Elecsa, and we are proud to have achieved a 100% pass rate with all our installers. We can guarantee all our clients that if they fail on any element of the quality system we have provided, we will immediately endeavour to rectify the situation – free of charge.”