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| The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) launched November 2011 to provide financial assistance to generators of renewable heat, and producers of renewable biogas and biomethane in England, Scotland and Wales.
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| Consultation on domestic RHI
Link to the consultation process on Phase 2 of the Renewable Heat Incentive, providing support for domestic installations.
Consultation open 20/09/12 closing 07/12/12 | |
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| RHI consultation
Renewable Heat Incentive: Providing certainty and improving performance.
Consultation open date: 20/07/2012; Consultation close date: 14/09/2012 | |
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| Phase 1 of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) opened to applications on Monday 28th November 2011.
Please visit the DECC website at www.decc.gov.uk/rhi. There is also further information on the Ofgem website, at www.ofgem.gov.uk/rhi.
For information about the Northern Ireland RHI visit the NI Direct website at: www.nidirect.gov.uk/renewable-heat-incentive
The Ofgem accreditation line is open on 0845 200 2122, 9:00-17:00 Monday to Thursday and 9:00-16:30 on Friday. Alternatively you can email them at RHI.Enquiry@Ofgem.gov.uk
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| Renewable Heat Incentive on the DECC website
Page on the DECC website on the RHI. Includes details and links to key documents and supporting material. | |
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|  RHI Guidance from DEFRA - Emission limits for total particulate matter and oxides of nitrogen
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| Renewable Heat Incentive
Ofgem page on the RHI. Includes links to the draft RHI guidance Volume One and Volume Two from Ofgem. This draft Guidance document for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) sets out how Ofgem intends to administer the scheme and invites comments from stakeholders. This is under consultation from 24/06/11 until 05/08/11. | |
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| DECC press Release on RHI
Press release 10th March 2011 | |
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| RHI FAQs
Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme FAQs. Provided by DECC (PDF - 140 kB) | |
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|  BEC RHI Calculator v6.1
An Excel Spreadsheet based calculator from the Biomass Energy Centre to allow the RHI payments and savings from a (non-domestic) woodfuel boiler installation to be estimated. (Updated 10th April 2013 to include new, increased tariffs from 1st April 2013 Excel spreadsheet (xlsx 80 kB) | |
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| BEC RHI Calculator for Northern Ireland v2.0
A version of the RHI calculator incorporating the tariffs in Northern Ireland as oat 1 April 2013 (xlsx - 75 kB) | |
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| Renewable Heat Incentive
This document on the DECC website gives the details about the RHI (PDF - 495 kB) | |
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| PPG Update Note 045 - The Renewable Heat Incentive
Summary of RHI prepared by Policy and Programme Group, Forestry Commission England (PDF - 105 kB) | |
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| Details of the RHI released 10th March 2011
The scheme will be introduced in two phases.
In the first phase, long-term tariff support will be targeted in the non-domestic sectors, at the big heat users - the industrial, business and public sector – which contribute 38% of the UK’s carbon emissions. Under this phase there will also be support of around £15 million for households through the Renewable Heat Premium Payment.
The second phase of the RHI scheme will see households moved to the same form of long-term tariff support offered to the non-domestic sector in the first phase. This transition will be timed to align with the Green Deal which is intended to be introduced in October 2012.
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| Key aspects of the first (2011) phase of the RHI
- Only non-domestic installations will be supported
- The first phase of the RHI will not include deeming: payments will be based on metered heat
- Support for biomass will be broken down into size class: Small biomass (<200 kWth) medium biomass (>200 kWth - 1 MWth) and large biomass (>1 MWth).
- For small and medium scale biomass there will be a tariff breakpoint at 1314 peak load hours p.a. Below this small biomass will receive 7.9p/kWh, increasing to 8.3p/kWh from 1st April 2012 and to 8.6p/kWh from 1st April 2013, and medium biomass will receive 4.9p/kWh, increasing to 5.1p/kWh in 2012 then 5.3p/kWh from 1st April 2013, while above this both will receive 2.0p/kWh, increasing to 2.1p/kWh in 2012 then 2.2p/kWh from April 2013. Large biomass receives a flat rate of 1.0p/kWh, which remains unchanged
- Payments will be made quarterly and the tariff duration is 20 years
- Eligible renewable heat equipment installed since 15th July 2009 will qualify for support under RHI
- There will be some support for households under the Renewable Heat Premium Payment
- It is intended that parliamentary approval be obtained July 2011 and the scheme introduced thereafter
- Heat from Anaerobic digestion is also covered, at 7.1p/kWh, but only for systems less than 200 kWth
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| RHI Premium Payment
Although domestic households will not be able to benefit from the tariffs in the first phase of the RHI, they will be eligible for support under the Premium Payments until the second phase of the RHI is launched in October 2012.
The Renewable Heat Premium Payment will be worth around £15m and will support up to 25,000 installations. A key focus will be for people living off the gas grid.
A scond phase of the RHPP was announced on 27th March 2012, expanded to £25m, and now includes community schemes.
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| Renewable Heat Incentive on the DECC website
Detailed information on the RHI and a number of ancillary documents available for download from the DECC website | |
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| Table of RHI Tariffs
A full table of RHI tariffs for industry, business and large organisations from DECC | |
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