A huge factory manufacturing ground source heat pumps has officially opened in Cornwall. The production facility and offices at Mount Wellington Mine in Truro is owned and operated by the Kensa Group.
The site was opened by Sir Nigel Wilson, chief executive of Legal & General (L&G), which is a stakeholder in Kensa - a group of businesses involved in the manufacture and installation of heat pumps. Earlier this year, Legal & General Capital (LGC) - the alternative asset platform of the L&G Group - made an £8m investment into the business, bringing total investment in Kensa by L&G to £15.7m over two years.
According to the Cornish-based firm, its factory in Truro has the capacity to manufacture 30,000 heat pumps every year. The company also uses its own products to provide the plant and offices with underfloor heating, hot water and cooling by exchanging heat with water from a flooded mine shaft on the historic site.
