Renewable Heat Incentive

Renewable Heat Incentive

The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) will provide the framework to deliver the clean energy cash back for renewable heat. The Renewable Heat Incentive, with the aim of providing financial support that encourages individuals, communities and businesses to switch from using fossil fuel for heating, to renewable technologies and sources. The RHI payments is to be claimed by, and paid to, the owner of the equipment and in small and medium-sized installations, both installers and equipment to be certified under the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) or equivalent standard, helping to ensure quality assurance and consumer protection.

The scheme will support a range of technologies such as

• air, water and ground-source heat pumps (and other geothermal energy),
• solar thermal,
• biomass boilers,
• renewable combined heat and power,
• use of biogas and
• bioliquids and the injection of biomethane into the natural gas grid.

The Renewable Heat Incentive is planned to come into force in April 2011