Posts by ARG Biomass

The future of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) Scheme

Posted by on Dec 12, 2015 in Biomass Boilers, Latest News, RHI, Slider | 0 comments

DECC has today announced degressions for the Non-Domestic RHI scheme that will be effective from January 2016.

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Latest RHI Tariff Announcement – July 2015

Posted by on Jun 8, 2015 in Biomass Boilers, Latest News, Slider | 0 comments

This extract has been taken from the Farm Energy Centre – posted 29th May 2015. OFGEM have announced their quarterly expenditure forecast for non-domestic RHI. The latest RHI tariff announcement doesn’t make good reading for small (up to 200kW) commercial biomass boilers. A reduction of 25% will be applied which will be effective as of 1 July 2015. The biomethane tariff will see a 5% reduction applied. The small commercial biomass reduction has come as a bit of a shock to the industry as a slowdown of installations after the December 2014 rush indicated there would be a smaller...

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RHI – what’s it worth and how do i qualify?

Posted by on Jun 2, 2015 in Biomass Boilers | 0 comments

The attached PDF is available to download thanks to the kind permission given by Growsave, following the biomass event (funded by the Horticultural Development Company). Download the RHI guide here – What’s it worth and how do i qualify? The GrowSave Project is delivered by Farm Energy Centre on behalf of the Horticultural Development Company (HDC) — a levy-funded organisation that serves the commercial horticultural industry in England, Scotland and...

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Biomass Study Tour – 12 Feb 2015

Posted by on Mar 23, 2015 in Biomass Boilers, Case Studies, Events, Latest News, RHI | 0 comments

More than 30 grower and supplier delegates attended an afternoon seminar at Canons Brook Club in Harlow and visited three nearby nurseries the following day, each with different biomass heating systems.  You can view and download all the presentations from the event at the Grow Save website. On the 11th and 12th February 2015 more than 30 grower and supplier delegates attended an afternoon seminar at Canons Brook Club in Harlow and visited three nearby nurseries the following day, each with different biomass heating systems. In Farm Energy Centre’s Senior Engineer Jon Swain’s words “I would...

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Firing on all cylinders

Posted by on Mar 23, 2015 in Biomass Boilers, Case Studies, Latest News, RHI | 0 comments

The article below featured in the February edition of Fresh Produce Journal – a PDF copy is available below on the link below: Fresh Produce Journal – Feb 2015. The Lea Valley growing region is powering ahead as growers are diversifying into becoming small-scale energy suppliers. Nina Pullman visits the region. Acres of glasshouses stretching as far as the eye can see have been a historic part of the Lea Valley pro- duce industry – famed for its production of salad crops – for decades. Heating these glasshouses has always meant energy costs have been one of the biggest challenges...

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