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Renewable Heat Incentive

 

Guidance Documents

 

rhi_guidance_vol1     rhi_guidance_vol2
 RHI eligibility & how to apply (pdf)
 
 RHI ongoing obligations & payment (pdf)
     
rhi   rhi_ofgem
Summary Status of RHI (pdf)
 
OFGEM Marketing Document (pdf)

 

 

 

 

News Update (10/03/2011)

 

The Department of Energy and Climate Change have published a press release giving some details of the proposed Renewable Heat Incentive.

 

Extract from the DECC Website

 

World's first Renewable Heat Incentive launched to reduce emissions (Press Notice)

 

This incentive is the first of its kind in the world. It’ll help the UK shift away from fossil fuel, reducing carbon emissions and encouraging innovation, jobs and growth in new advanced technologies.

 

(Secretary of State, Chris Huhne)

10 March 2011

Press Notice: 2011/023

 

 

* £860m government scheme expected to increase green capital investment by   £4.5 billion up to 2020, stimulating a new market in renewable heat;


* Incentive to increase number of industrial, commercial and public sector installations by seven times to 2020


* A full system of RHI payments will be available to households from October 2012;


* In the interim, more than a quarter of the first year’s budget to be guaranteed for up to 25,000 household installations through a “RHI Premium Payment” to encourage take-up;


* 150,000 existing manufacturing, supply chain and installer jobs to be supported

 

 

The world’s first financial incentive of its kind to revolutionise the way heat is generated and used in buildings has been launched by Energy Secretary Chris Huhne.

 

Read More on the DECC Website