Renewable Heat Incentive

The Government needs to demonstrate that they are hitting environmental targets to reduce carbon emissions. Energy saving measures are now a priority and, to demonstrate this, the government set up the Department for Energy & Climate Change (DECC) in 2008.

Therefore the Feed in Tariffs and the proposed Renewable Heat Incentive are available to individuals, businesses and public bodies to reduce carbon emissions and promote energy saving.

Here at Eco₂Solar, we believe the Renewable Heat Incentive will provide a much better financial incentive for customers because they will provide a guaranteed income for the heat generated at an extremely attractive rate for 20 years

Fully Accredited

Eco₂Solar are accredited under the UK Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) for Feed in Tariffs and to install approved technology that will be eligible for the proposed Renewable Heat Incentive. This is a difficult qualification to obtain and, when we received thiscertificate in April 2008, we were one of an elite group of only 12 solar installation companies to be accredited. This a demonstration of thequality of our solar heating installations and our customer service.

What is the Renewable Heat Incentive?

The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is like Feed in Tariffs for heat.

It is not tied to just Solar Thermal energy. You can benefit from it if you install any of the following types of renewable technology:

How does the Renewable Heat Incentive work?

It works in a similar way to the Feed in Tariffs in that you, the customer, receive a premium rate for every unit of heating that is generated by the system.

The RHI will be introduced separately for commercial and domestic properties:

Rates are 8.5p for solar thermal up to 200kW and ground source is 4.3p up to 100kW and 3p above 100kW. Air source is not supported for commercial initially – but may be supported from 2012

See tariff rates below :

Phase 1: Renewable Heat Incentive Premium – close to first year RHI payment.

These will still eligible for the full RHI tariff from October 2012 and are available from July 2011.There will be minimum energy efficiency measures and additional monitoring/reporting on performance of their installation

Rates :

Phase 2: Qualifying residential renewable heating systems receive ongoing annual RHI payment for 20 years

Only retro-fit installations will be eligible for RHI Premium Payment and the domestic RHI tariffs for new build have not been decided yet. For new build homes, an RHI tariff will be considered for the 2012 phase.

While the Renewable Heat Incentive is similar to the Feed-In Tariffs, there are some important differences, and in particular:

• It will be paid for by the Treasury not by energy users.
• There is no ‘National Grid for Heat’ and so importing and exporting heat is not relevant.
• It will be introduced in phases, with residential schemes not eligible until Phase 2.

For the other types of technology, please refer to:

www.rhincentive.co.uk

How much am I owed for the energy I’ve generated?

The government is proposing to measure the generation levels of the systems. The metering method measures how much energy has been generated, and then calculates the payment owed when aligned with the relevant Renewable Heat Incentive rate.

Eligibility from July 2009

The government has also made all installations from July 2009 eligible for the RHI tariffs as they come out. If you have had a solar thermal or heat pump installation completed after July 2009 you are still eligible for payments

For more information on the Renewable Heat Incentive, please visit:

http://www.rhincentive.co.uk/

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