Govt. to pay biomass users for renewable power
added february 5th 2010
Final proposals to revolutionise UK energy generation by putting people in charge of their own energy were unveiled by DECC (Department of Energy and Climate Change) this week.
The Feed-In Tariff (FIT) scheme will pay people for all the renewable power they produce. First to benefit will be renewable electricity technologies up to 5MW in size; solar PV; wind; hydro-electric; biomass electricity; and Anaerobic Digestion of organic wastes. Dedicated heat technologies including solar thermal, ground and air-source heat pumps, geothermal and biomass boilers will follow next year under the Renewable Heat Incentive.
This is particularly exciting for Treco biomass boiler users as they will get up to 9p for every kW heat generated with biomass!
DECC also this week launched consultation proposals for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) which will pay people for the renewable heat they generate. The local RHI consultation will be held on March 16th in Bristol and the full scheme is expected to follow next April 2011.
Renewable Heat Incentive consultation event - Warming up the Market
16 March 2010, Bristol. To book your place, visit: http://ow.ly/11192
The full RHI document is available in the DECC website:
http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/news/pn10_010/pn10_010.aspx
The Renewable Energy Association have provided press releases on the FIT and a press release and briefing on the RHI:
http://www.r-e-a.net/info/rea-news/details-of-feed-in-tariff-scheme-for-local-renewables-unveiled/
http://www.r-e-a.net/info/rea-news/100201RHI/
