Combined Heat & Power, District Heating & Cooling, Demand Side Services, Energy Efficiency

Government response to Non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive: further proposed amendments

7 June 2018

The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published its response to the Non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive: further proposed amendments

The document, published on 29 May 2018, sets out the government’s decisions on the following issues:

  • Very Large Plant
  • Multiple installations
  • Registering to inject biomethane
  • Environmental permitting
  • Replacement plant
  • Estimated data

It also includes information on some additional measures to accompany the introduction of assignment of rights on the domestic RHI scheme.

The government response confirms the following decisions to:

  • remove the process of staggered commissioning for biomethane installations
  • allow replacement where an original installation breaks down
  • amend the circumstances under which ‘estimated data’ can be submitted
  • clarify that RHI installations must have the necessary environmental permits
  • strengthen the introduction of assignment of rights on the Domestic RHIby clarifying who may act as an investor
  • limit payable heat from very large plant to 250GWh per annum
  • combine multiple plant on one site for tariff purposes

Read the full document here. 

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