Grants etc.
Homeowners – England, Wales & Northern Ireland
The grant scheme, previously available to homeowners (excluding Scotland) through the Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP), has now closed for electricity-generating technologies including solar PV.
Feed-in Tariffs which started in April 2010 as part of the Government’s Clean Energy Cash Back scheme, will enable people who install Solar PV to receive fixed, premium rate payments for the low carbon electricity they produce. They will receive further payments for any surplus energy fed into the grid.
The rate for retrofit installations up to 4 kW will be 41.3p/kWh.
To be eligible for the tariffs, the system must be installed by a MCS-accredited installer.
Renewable Heat Premium Payment: Available from the 1st August 2011. Provides a grant payment towards the installation of renewable heating systems.
A grant of £300 is available towards all installations of Solar Water Heating systems, these systems will then be elligible for teh Renevable Heat Incentive payments..
Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI): Will start in April 2011 and pay a cash incentive based on the amount of carbon saved when installing an alternative heating system.
Our speciality is solar water heating which is subject to the highest level of incentive. As with FITs, this will lead to a payback rate approaching 10% or a period of a bout 10 years, well within the life of the equipment which we guarantee for 25 years and the incentive period which is also expected to run fopr about 25 years.
For details of the previous grants scheme and information about loans, please see www.lowcarbonbuildings.org.uk (England, Wales & Northern Ireland)
or www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/scotland/Scotland/Scottish-Community-and-Householder-Renewables-Initiative-SCHRI (Scotland).
See SolarUK’s Feed-in Tariff page for more information, including rates.
Installers of solar thermal systems will be able to take advantage of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) which starts in April 2011. Applying to heating at all scales, from private households to public sector buildings, it will guarantee long-term payments. See SolarUK’s Renewable Heat Incentive page for more information.
