You
want to reduce your carbon footprint and your energy
bills, become more self-sufficient in energy, and earn
some extra income. The Renewable Heat Incentive is a new
Government-backed measure being introduced in 2011 to
make it worth your while to produce renewable heat.
The Renewable Heat
Incentive is still
being designed,
so all the details described in this website are
provisional and may change.
Get paid for the renewable heat you produce
You
earn a fixed income for every kilowatt hour of heat you
produce. This is likely to be used in your own property,
but if you are lucky enough to be connected to a heat
network you could get an additional payment for
'exporting' surplus heat.
Save on your heating bills
Many
renewable systems produce all the heat you need, so you
can consign your old oil-fired, gas or coal boiler to
the scrap heap and wave goodbye to fuel bills. Some
renewable heat systems might leave your old boiler in as
back-up. Even then your heating fuel bills should be
greatly reduced.
Renewable electricity has its own similar tariff
mechanism, called
Feed-In Tariffs.
For more information on the Renewable Heat Incentive see
our
Quick Guide
or look at the detailed pages listed below.