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Microgeneration certification scheme hydro standards - products and installers

The microgeneration certification scheme (MCS) has recently published the transition arrangements for hydro products and installers - click on the links for full details. In short, the arrangements are:

Hydro Turbines

The MCS Hydro turbine product standard is currently under development by the Micro Hydro Working Group. The Hydro Working Group has established transitional arrangements for micro products.

Transition Timeframe
The Micro Hydro Product Transition scheme will be open to new applicants until after the MCS Hydro Product Standard is approved and issued, and until at least three months after the first Certification Body has been accredited to offer certification services against it. At that point, entry to the list will close. Those products remaining on the list will have a maximum of three months after that to become MCS Certificated, at which point all products will be removed from the list.

Hydro Installers

The MCS Micro Hydro Working Group is developing a Standard for Micro Hydro Installers. It is recognised that, until that work is completed, an interim arrangement is needed, which will allow suitable Micro Hydro installers to operate under MCS, enabling customers to access the Scheme but without compromising the quality assurance it provides. Installer transition arrangements will only be applied to hydro installers who fulfil the criteria here-in, and not applicable to installers of other technologies currently included in the MCS scheme. To ensure that customers can maintain their confidence in those micro hydro installers that have not completed their MCS certification, a structured framework for the interim has been established.
This includes: -
minimum criteria to be met for the installer being registered;
a declaration from the applicant that commits them to either remediation or recompense, to customers, in certain circumstances as set out in the Annex

Transition Timeframe
The Micro Hydro Installer Transition scheme will be open to new applicants from 25th June 2010 until after the MCS Installer Standard is approved and issued, and until at least three months after the first Certification Body has been accredited to offer certification services against it. At that point, entry to the list will close. Those installers remaining on the list will have a maximum of three months after that to become MCS Certificated, at which point all installers will be removed from the list.

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