Reports evaluate UK RHI programs

SOURCE: U.K. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

April 1, 2016

BY Pellet Mill Magazine Staff

Reports recently published by the U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change demonstrate more than 80 percent of applicants to the renewable heat incentive (RHI) are satisfied with their new systems. These government financial incentives promote the use of renewable heat through technologies, such as biomass boilers, both for domestic and nondomestic uses. The government-collected data shows the RHI has had a positive influence in the renewable heat technology market, helping the U.K. decarbonize heat, while reducing costs.

Between May 2014 and April 2015, 25,568 successful applications were received by the domestic RHI scheme from owner-occupiers, 33 percent of those were new applications. Applicants were asked what triggered their decision to install a new heating system and the most common reason was the availability of a grant or other funding, with 52 percent of applicants who installed biomass systems indicating this was important.

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