Immediate Release: 9 April 2014

Industry warmly welcomed today’s launch of the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), a scheme that allows householders to claim seven years of incentive payments if they install a renewable heating system – a heat pump, biomass (wood) boiler, or solar hot water system instead of or in addition to a conventional oil or gas boiler or electric heating. The launch of the scheme was announced last night by the Minister, Greg Barker, on Twitter, and applications have been open since 8am today.

Dave Sowden, Chief Executive of the Sustainable Energy Association said:

“The industry is delighted the domestic RHI has finally launched and that the journey to cleaner home heating can now begin. Installing low carbon heating technologies into energy efficient homes is one of the most important ways of securing cheap, affordable, clean energy, and this world-first scheme is a very important start.”

ENDS