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 Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI)The RHI scheme
The RHI scheme will help to reduce the time it takes for households to recoup the initial costs involved in installing and maintaining a renewable heating system, and start saving money overall. The details of the first stage of the RHI scheme to cover non-domestic (industrial, commercial etc.) have now been published. The details for domestic installations have yet to be confirmed, but it is intended that the scheme will commence in October 2012, a date chosen to coincide with the introduction of “The Green Deal”. The Green Deal is a Government sponsored low cost loan scheme to cover the cost of energy efficiency measures for homes and businesses. Meanwhile the Government has reiterated its promise that all eligible installations carried out since the original announcement of the scheme on 15 July 2009 will receive the payment once the scheme starts. The magnitude of the payments will be related to the heat demand of the property and will assume or require certain minimum levels of insulation. In order to qualify for the payments the installation will have to be performed by an MCS approved contractor such as ourselves, using MCS approved equipment. More details of the RHI and Green Deal scheme are available on the Department of Energy and Climate Change website: DECC RHI scheme March 2011 | The Green Deal The Which? organisation have published a useful 2 page guide for domestic installations: Renewable Heat IncentiveIs a Government funded scheme to encourage the uptake of renewable heat generating equipment including solar thermal and heat pumps (excluding exhaust air heat pumps). It is designed to pay a tariff quarterly, for a period of around 20 years, to bridge the gap between the higher first costs of these technologies compared with fossil fuelled traditional heating systems. The payments will be index linked based on the RPI (to be confirmed). Renewable Heat Premium Payment SchemeScheme DetailsThe Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) is a one off ‘grant type’ offer to encourage early uptake of technologies likely to be included in phase 2 “domestic” of the renewable heat incentive. The full RHI scheme for the domestic market is due to be launched to coincide with the Green Deal scheme (target date Oct 2012) The Government has set some eligibility criteria which are somewhat different to the RHI scheme proposed so far, mainly in respect to the need to be “off the mains gas network” for all the supported technologies with the single exception of solar thermal (hot water). The Energy Saving Trust will administer the scheme and there is a good FAQ on the website. Once your application is accepted, they will issue you with a voucher with limited validity. The scheme will end & all vouchers expire on 31st March 2012. The scheme offers the following one off payments to encourage take up: Available to all households regardless of mains gas availability.
Available to homes without mains gas heating
Note: air to air heat pumps and exhaust air heat pumps will not be eligible for grants under the RHPP scheme. Applicants will be required to self declare that they have a minimum of 250mm of loft insulation and cavity wall insulation where practical. In addition, they will be required to complete surveys after payment and possibly to agree to have energy meters fitted to monitor the performance of the heating system. All claims for payments must be completed and forwarded by 31st March 2012. Installations must be completed by an installer who, like us is registered under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) and products must be also certified under the MCS scheme or Solar Keymark for solar thermal installations. £3m of the £15M overall budget will be set aside for registered social landlords to improve their housing stock.. The rest of the funding is spread across all technologies, although there may be restrictions to some technologies in later months to ensure a fair spread, for example capping the number of grants for solar thermal if there is a disproportionately high take-up. The scheme is also on a "first come first served" basis and will cease once funding is exhausted. Call GrEnergy on 01903 753 500 | Contact Us |
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