Funding for Renewables Projects
August 6th 2012 by Craig
A new source of funding for renewable energy projects, which is available to charities, not-for-profit organisations and community cooperatives has become available. It could help you to bridge a funding gap or upgrade to larger capacity or more efficient equipment. The funding is provided by PURE the Clean Planet Trust, a climate change charity that works closely […]
Feed in Tariff Changes
July 28th 2012 by Craig
Solar PV Feed-in Tariff rate changes The significant changes to the Feed-in Tariff scheme and rates for solar PV that will take effect from 1 August 2012 are summarised below: • the tariff for domestic installations will be set at 16p • the export tariff will be increased from 3.2p to 4.5p • the […]
Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Consultation
July 20th 2012 by Craig
DECC has also today set out proposals to improve the performance and manage the future budget of the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme, providing greater certainty to the market. To ensure the RHI budget is managed effectively, DECC is proposing to introduce a flexible degression based system. Under this system tariffs would be reduced […]
Renewable Heat Premiun Payment – RHPP
June 25th 2012 by Craig
Under the new voucher scheme, domestic homes not heated by mains gas will be able to apply for grants for air-to-water-source and ground and water source heat pumps. There are minimum energy efficiency criteria, and householders must agree to complete customer questionnaires, as well as making provision for the installation of a meter to monitor […]
Renewable Energy Assurance Listing – REAL
June 20th 2012 by Craig
The assurance scheme for Renewable Energy installers has recently been updated to cover the following points: * Clarification concerning discounts * Clarification of Consumers rights if they sign a contract before a technical site visit takes place * Clarification of cancelleation if a contract is signed in the home * Clarification on the rules […]
Renewable Heat Premium Payment – Social Landlords
June 15th 2012 by Craig
DECC has launched it’s second round of this competition with a budget of £10m available. This is open to registered providors of social housing, this includes local authorities, charities, private companies etc and covers a range of renewable heating technologies. Projects will need to be completed by the 31st March 2013 with a maximum grant […]
The Green Deal
June 15th 2012 by Craig
The Government has issued details of The Green Deal, this is a scheme designed to support customers by providing financing for energy efficiency measures which would then be paid back from the savings achieved over the next few years. This avoids having to find the upfront capital needed to introduce the energy efficiencies. Furhter details […]
Feed in Tariff Update
June 14th 2012 by Craig
DECC have announced a delay in the tariff review originally scheduled for July. It had been expected that rates would be cut on July 1, taking solar PV FiTs another step down from the 21p/kWh rate imposed by the Government on April 1. That followed the much-publicised and courtroom-based drama of last December’s reduction from 43 […]