Neil Afram, managing director of UK Daikin distributor Space Air, has expressed disappointment at what he described as political back-tracking on the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
Mr Afram said: 'Is the Government interested in giving any incentives? Reducing energy does not appear to be a priority to them, but rubbish collections are. They can justify £250 million funds to encourage local authorities to change to weekly [rubbish] collections, but are not capable of suspending just the biomass proportion of the RHI.

'They find a reason through their NGOs to backtrack on priorities by creating glitches for the RHI and giving ridiculous excuses for postponement.'

Mr Afram continued: 'Also, the disgraceful attitude with the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) - promises of 43p per unit for the next 25 years now changed to 21p for the next 25 years - is going to create a lot of confusion and lack of confidence. A property that gains 43p per/unit will have more value than a property that has 21p per/unit. Furthermore, 25 years without insisting that there should be maintenance contract, warranty or manufacturers guarantee is flawed. How will they know that the systems are working correctly in the years to come?'

Mr Afram said the big questions for him were: 'Who is running the energy policy in the UK? What are their qualifications and where are they getting their information?'

He added: 'For over 10 years, the Government have not listened to industry representatives or manufacturers. Nor have they acknowledged significant technology advancements. All we get is blame for the European Commission and/or political parties.'