The Government announced today its new £15 million ‘Renewable Heat Premium Payment’ scheme – which will open for applications on 1st August this year until March next year which they anticipate will support up to 25,000 installations. £3m of the £15m will be set aside for registered social landlords to improve their housing stock. Details of how to apply for these funds will be announced at a later date.

 

Eligible technologies

 

·         Solar thermal hot water panels - £300 grant (available to all households regardless of the type of heating system used)

·         Ground Source Heat Pump - £1250 grant (for homes without mains gas heating)

·         Biomass boiler - £950 grant (for homes without mains gas heating)

·         Air source heat pump - £850 grant (for homes without mains gas heating)

 

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Households will be able to apply to the Energy Saving Trust (EST) from the 1^st Aug 2011. The house must be the main home and it must have basic energy efficiency measures in place. This means the householder will need to confirm they have loft insulation to 250mm and cavity wall insulation, where these measures are practical. The renewable heat product must be listed under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (we believe the intention is to include Solar Keymark however the press statement is unclear), and be installed by someone registered under the scheme.

 

Once the equipment is up and running, the householder will be asked to fill in two customer surveys and may be chosen at random to have extra meters attached to the installation which will be provided free of charge. It is a condition of the scheme that if requested these meters installed.

 

To see the press release click here and for the scheme rules click here.