Renewable Heat Incentive Premium Payment
In March 2011, the UK Government announced the details of their Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
The Renewable Heat Incentive is designed to provide financial support that encourages individuals, communities and businesses to switch from using fossil fuel for heating, to renewables such as wood fuel.
The Energy Saving Trust will be administering the Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) scheme as part of the RHI.
The Renewable Heat Premium Payment scheme has now been announced and you can now make an application. There is around £12m available to householders in Scotland, England and Wales who install from 1 August 2011.
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Renewable Heat Incentive
People in receipt of the Renewable Heat Premium Payments will be able to apply for the full RHI tariff support once the scheme is introduced in Autumn 2012, as will anybody who has installed an eligible technology since 15th July 2009.
However, the Government has not yet published its proposals for how the Renewable Heat Incentive will work in the domestic sector, so there is no guarantee at this stage that anyone who is eligible for an Renewable Heat Premium Payment grant will also be eligible for the Renewable Heat Incentive.
Although air source heat pumps will be eligible for the Renewable Premium Payment, a decision on whether or not they'll be included in the payments will be based on consumer feedback on the performance of the technologies. This should be clarified towards the end of 2011.
These payments will start alongside the Green Deal from Autumn 2012 to allow a more whole-house approach to heat production and energy saving.
· Full details are available on DECC’s web site
Green Deal
The Green Deal will enable many households and businesses to improve the energy efficiency of their properties without consuming so much energy and wasting so much money.
A quarter of the UK’s carbon emissions comes from the energy used in homes and a similar amount comes from our businesses, industry and workplaces. The UK government's target is to reduce those emissions by 2050.
Green Deal is a new government initiative designed to help meet the upfront cost of making your home more energy efficient. Due to be launched in late 2012, the Green Deal will allow you to install energy-efficiency measures and pay for the improvements with the savings on your fuel bill. Although you will repay the cost over time, this is not a conventional personal loan as the charge is attached to the meter and paid back through your fuel bill. If you move out, the idea is that the new occupant will pick up the charge while also benefiting from a more energy-efficient property.
The scheme will also help the most vulnerable and will help deliver major measures, such as solid wall insulation, in homes which need more work than Green Deal finance alone can stretch to.
Visit Decc's website to find out more about the Green Deal.