THE BRITISH
CHESTERFIELD
AEROPLANE COMPANY
PANTHERS
Chesterfield Rugby Club heats up with NIBE
Chesterfield-based renewable heating pioneer NIBE is a
proud sponsor of local rugby club Chesterfield Panthers
RUFC – making the ideal green partnership for the local area.
The sponsorship has seen NIBE provide branded kits to the
400-strong club, which is run by volunteers. The NIBE kits
are worn not only by the First XV, but also across all 16 of
the club’s teams, which include a ladies’ team and 13 youth
teams.
Phil Hurley, managing director at NIBE, explains: “We’re very
proud to be sponsoring Chesterfield Panthers. It’s incredibly
important for us to support our local community here in
Chesterfield and we couldn’t think of a better way. We are
huge fans of the club and are very happy to have our name
on the players’ kits.
“With kitchens and changing rooms creating a high hot water
demand, rugby clubhouses are often the ideal application for
renewable heating systems. We hope to be able to continue
our support for the Panthers by helping to keep players and
supporters warm with the installation of one of our units at the
clubhouse in the near future.”
NIBE’s market-leading renewables range offers a whole
host of solutions for rugby clubs looking to cut their costs
and carbon footprint – and build a more sustainable future
for players and fans for years to come. Its product portfolio
includes air source and ground source heat pumps, biomass
boilers and solar thermal systems. These can all be used to
provide energy-efficient heating and hot water for clubhouses
looking to break their dependency on expensive fossil fuels
and go green without compromise.
Phil Hurley continues: “With
energy costs skyrocketing, it
has never made better sense
for rugby clubhouses to switch
to renewable heating systems.
Not only do they provide energy
security and help protect
against fuel price hikes, thanks
to the government’s Renewable
Heat Incentive (RHI) they
can also generate an annual
income for 20 years.”
The non-domestic RHI is a
government-backed scheme
that aims to increase uptake
of renewable heating systems
amongst businesses and other
non-residential buildings. Under
the scheme, rugby clubs that
fit a qualifying technology
could be rewarded for the
renewable heat they generate
over a 20-year period. A tariff
structure sets out how much
each system can earn over
the length of the scheme, with
up-to-date tariff information
available at Ofgem.gov.uk.
For more information about
the Renewable Heat Incentive
or NIBE’s range of eligible
technologies please visit www.
nibe.co.uk or call 0845 095
1200.
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