Consultation outcome

Renewable Heat Incentive: support for Biomass-Combined Heat and Power

• From: Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 10 February 2017
• Last updated: 5 September 2017 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

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The Renewable Heat Incentive: support for biomass Combined Heat and Power - government response

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Detail of outcome

This document sets out the government’s response to the consultation on changes to the support for biomass-CHP plant offered under the RHI scheme. The consultation sought views on reintroducing a 20% power efficiency requirement for new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant on the Non-domestic RHI.

The Non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) was introduced to bridge the gap between the cost of renewable heating systems and conventional alternatives. The government is keen to ensure that the Non-domestic RHI continues to contribute to both our decarbonisation targets and to the UK’s renewable energy target whilst ensuring that the scheme offers good value for money.

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Original consultation

Summary

This consultation concerns proposals for changes to the support for biomass-Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant offered under the RHI scheme.

This consultation ran from
10:30am on 10 February 2017 to 11:45pm on 10 March 2017

Consultation description

In August 2016 the government amended the terms of support for biomass-CHP under the RHI to introduce a power efficiency requirement of 20%. From then on, new plant with a power efficiency of less than 20% would receive a scaled back level of support. A proportion of their eligible heat use would be supported under the biomass-CHP tariff, with the remainder supported under the biomass tariff. From 1 January 2017 this requirement was relaxed to a 10% power efficiency requirement for a transitional period.

This consultation proposes a return to a 20% power efficiency requirement for new plant, and seeks stakeholder views on this proposal.

Documents

Support for biomass combined heat and power consultation

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Published 10 February 2017
Last updated 5 September 2017 + show all updates

1. 5 September 2017

   Government response published

2. 10 February 2017

   First published.