Catalogue description Microgeneration Certification Scheme Website

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Reference: BEIS 11
Title: Microgeneration Certification Scheme Website
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This series contains dated gathered versions (or 'snapshots') of the Microgeneration Certification Scheme website. [Please note: These records may be accessed via the UK Government Web Archive].
Date: From 2018
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Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 2016-
Physical description: archived website(s)
Access conditions: Open
Immediate source of acquisition:

Gathered from original website
Accruals: Future website versions may be anticipated.
Administrative / biographical background:

The Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) is an industry-led and nationally recognised quality assurance scheme, supported by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). MCS itself is a BS EN ISO/IEC 17065:2012 Scheme (Conformity assessment - Requirements for bodies certifying products, processes and services) and was launched in 2007. MCS certifies microgeneration products used to produce electricity and heat from renewable sources. It also certifies installation companies to ensure the microgeneration products have been installed and commissioned to the highest standard for the consumer. The certification is based on a set of installer standards and product scheme requirements.

The Microgeneration Certification Scheme covers electricity generating technologies with a capacity of up to 50kW, and heat generating technologies with a capacity of up to 45kW for the following technologies:

  • Air Source Heat Pump;
  • Biomass;
  • Exhaust Air Heat Pump;
  • Gas Absorption Heat Pump;
  • Ground/Water Heat Pump;
  • Micro CHP (Micro Combined Heat and Power);
  • Pitched Roof Installation Kit;
  • Solar Assisted Heat Pump;
  • Solar Photovoltaics;
  • Solar Thermal;
  • Wind Turbine.

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