Phase 2 - Rewarding renewable heat on domestic installations

 

 

The Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) is a one-off grant to help you meet the cost of installing green heat-generating technologies within your home. It’s here in place of a domestic stream of the RHI, which is yet to be introduced.

 

 

Phase 2 of this scheme runs from May 1st 2012 to March 31st 2013 (subject to available funding) and includes £300 towards cost-saving Solar Thermal installations, which you can get through Southern Solar.

 

 

The RHPP is also available for heat pumps and biomass boilers.

 

 

Those who receive the RHPP will still be eligible for RHI funding when this comes in.

 

Am I eligible?

 

There are some eligibility criteria that it is useful to be aware of:

 

 

• You must live in England, Scotland or Wales;

 

• Your installation must not have received funding under phase 1 of the RHPP;
   

• The installation must have been commissioned on 21st July 2011 onwards;
   

• You must own the property and continue to own it for the duration of the metering and survey requirements; or
   

• If you’re a tenant you must be purchasing the system yourself with permission from the owner of the property;
   

• If the property is a new-build you must own it after it’s built as either the occupier or the landlord;
   

• The property must have loft and cavity wall insulation (where practical);
   

• Planning and environmental permission must be in place if needed;
   

• The product used and the installer must be MCS or Solar Keymark certified.

 

 

Also, how you heat your home currently can make a difference:

 

 

• If you’ve recently removed a gas heating system or if the property runs from mains gas heating – you are only able to apply for Solar Thermal RHPP;
   

• You can apply for the other technologies if you run on oil, liquid gas, solid fuel or electricity.