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April 13th, 2012How to Apply for Renewable Heat Incentive Biomass Boiler Accreditation
April 12th, 2012Step 1. Read the Guidance Documents In Full; This summary is intended to save you time and to signpost you to key information regarding biomass boilers in the Guidance Documents. However, you also need to read the Guidance Documents in full before making an application. The Guidance Documents provide prospective applicants with a comprehensive insight [...]
Read More »Making a Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) Application, 10 Things You Need To Know
April 11th, 2012Before you read the full RHI Guidance and start a biomass boiler application for the Renewable Heat Incentive, you should consider 10 key things. Read the list in full here; http://www.treco.co.uk/newsArticle/Making+a+Biomass+Boiler+Renewable+Heat+Incentive+%2728RHI%2729+Application%272C+10+Things+You+Need+To+Know/
Read More »DECC’s consultation on interim RHI cost control “unnecessary and unhelpful”
March 29th, 2012REA [1] Chief Executive Gaynor Hartnell responds to DECC’s RHI update [2] “To launch an official consultation on bringing the shutters down, having only just fired the starting gun on the RHI, is premature to say the least. “The renewable heat market isn’t going to flare up like solar did. If anything were concerned about [...]
Read More »Scottish Government launches £103 million fund for renewables, as Scottish Renewables details jobs benefits
March 29th, 2012Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has today announced a new £103 million investment fund which will drive the growth of renewable energy in Scotland for generations. The Renewable Energy Investment Fund (REIF) will initially focus on supporting communities and rural businesses to develop their own local renewable projects, on supporting district heating, and on supporting wave [...]
Read More »UK is “light years” behind Europe on renewable energy targets
March 29th, 2012The UK is “light years” behind Europe in the race to hit renewable energy targets according to a leading expert in biomass fuel. Dr Sacha Oberweis from Stafford University made the comment ahead of a a series of seminars and workshops on biomass fuel quality and emission testing as part of the ARBOR project launched [...]
Read More »Biomass Should Be Tenth Tipping Point
March 28th, 2012Satellite imagery could be used to evaluate biomass as a ‘tipping point’ [LONDON] The nine ‘planetary boundaries’ — environmental tipping points, beyond which the planet may not recover —– could soon be joined by a tenth one, if a proposal from a prominent scientist is accepted. The concept of planetary boundaries was proposed in 2009 [...]
Read More »RHPP Extended With New Budget of £25million
March 27th, 2012The RHPP is being be extended with a new budget of £25million: £10m for a new social landlords’ competition, £8m for a new communities competition and £7m for an extension of the existing scheme. Grant levels for individual households remain unchanged, with a £950 grant for Biomass boiler – for homes without mains gas heating). [...]
Read More »We’re Looking forward to OFGEM’s FREE Cardiff Renewable Heat Incentive Seminar Today
March 27th, 2012We’re looking forward to going to Cardiff to attending OFGEM’s free seminar on how to apply for funding for renewable heat generation under the Renewable Heat Incentive today. We have had lots of feedback from biomass boiler applicants who are finding the process a bit of a minefield. We’ll be finding out about RHI Metering, [...]
Read More »Renewable Heat Incentive – More Information on the Tariff Adjustment
March 23rd, 2012Under the Renewable Heat Incentive Regulations 2011, OFGEM have the function of adjusting the RHI tariffs by the percentage increase or decrease in the retail prices index (RPI) for the previous calendar year. The increase in the RPI for the calendar year 2011 was 4.8% (see Office for National Statistics, so the RHI tariffs are [...]
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