The future of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) Scheme
This article appeared on the Farm Energy Centre on the 30th November 2015. You can view the full article on the Farm Energy Centre Website.
DECC has today announced degressions for the Non-Domestic RHI scheme that will be effective from January 2016. Small biomass under 200kW will see another 10% drop as well as biomethane injection.
This is good news for other technologies, particularly the medium sized biomass (200kW – 1MW), where there are no changes to the tariffs for the forthcoming quarter, however despite REA’s meeting with DECC last week, the future is still a little uncertain for the RHI scheme.
Here is REA’s summary of what they learned from DECC, further to the Chancellor’s autumn statement:
- For the forthcoming financial year the RHI scheme will remain open to new applicants.
- Other than some minor amendments, it will be in its current form.
- DECC will manage costs over the year by introducing an interim cap with new degression triggers to be taken to Parliament in the early part of 2016, meaning that the trigger levels from April 2016 are unknown.
The overall aim of the RHI reform is to improve value for money, reduce costs and improve budget management. Exactly how this will be done remains to be seen, but there are plans for DECC to consult with the industry over the coming weeks.
We’ll keep listening and watching out for more details as they happen.
The DECC’s full degression announcement is here.
ARG Biomass is a specialist supplier of straw fired boilers on industrial, agricultural and horticultural sites. Our expertise lies in setting up RHI eligible installations, maximising return on investment. For information, advice or to discuss your specific requirements, please contact us.
Latest RHI Tariff Announcement – July 2015
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 reduction.
Large and medium commercial biomass tariffs remain unchanged:
You can read the full report on the estimated budgetary commitments page here.
ARG Biomass is a specialist supplier of straw fired boilers on industrial, agricultural and horticultural sites. Our expertise lies in setting up RHI eligible installations, maximising return on investment. For information, advice or to discuss your specific requirements, please contact us.
RHI – what’s it worth and how do i qualify?
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 Wales.
Biomass Study Tour – 12 Feb 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. You can view and download all the presentations from the event at the Grow Save website. (more…)
Firing on all cylinders
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. (more…)
Ofgem degression for small biomass – 1 April 2015
Ofgem have recently announced depression for small biomass as follows, effective from 1 April 2015
| Existing tariff (p / Kwh) | % reduction being applied | New tariff for installations accredited on or after 1 April 2015 (p / kWh)1 | |
| Small Commercial biomass | Tier 1: 6.8 | 15% | Tier 1: 5.87 |
| Tier 2: 1.8 | Tier 2: 1.56 |
ARG Biomass is a specialist supplier of straw fired boilers on industrial, agricultural and horticultural sites. Our expertise lies in setting up RHI eligible installations, maximising return on investment. For information, advice or to discuss your specific requirements, please contact us.
£1 million investment in Hertfordshire tomato growing
This article was taken from Page 24 of the February 2015 edition of Commercial Greenhouse Grower – you can download a PDF copy of the article here. (more…)
Biomass boilers receive emission certification
This article was produced by Commercial Greenhouse Grower (Page 7 of February 2015 edition) – Greenhouse Feb 2015_Page 7.
LAMMA Show 2015
We exhibited this year at LAMMA Show 2015 on Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd January 2015 at the East of England Showgrounds in Peterborough.
For more information, visit the LAMMA Show 2015 website
Latest RHI Guidance – January 2015
The UK government (latest RHI guidance) has introduced the RHI scheme to encourage the switch to heat generated by renewable sources. This subsidy applies to qualifying biomass installations:
- Up to 6.8p paid per kWh of useful heat for small biomass.
- Up to 5.1p paid per kwh of useful heat for medium biomass.
- Large biomass receiving 2p paid per kwh of useful heat.
- Heat output to be metered and the support calculated from the amount of eligible heat, multiplied by the tariff level
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