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Nearly all RHI applications are rejected
During the fi rst four months of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), 95% of all applications were rejected, according to fi gures released by energy regulator Ofgem.
There were a total of 376 applications, but only 20 were approved to receive RHI payments. Most were turned down because of problems with ‘supporting information’.
Of those that were successful, 80% were for biomass projects and these generated 98% of the total heat capacity created by the scheme. The Department for Energy and Climate Change has delayed the launch of the domestic version of the scheme until next year and has, instead, announced a second phase of the Renewable Heat Premium Payment (RHPP) scheme for domestic users.
Ofgem said that most of the problems with the rejected applications related to confusion over the data to be delivered by the heat meters monitoring the installations. Currently, metering on a RHI project can be classed as either ‘simple’ or ‘complex’. The latter means that the user only receives payment for the heat they use so those systems need multiple
meters.www.ofgem.gov.uk
Green Deal under review amid worries it may fail
● The Cabinet Offi ce consults industry experts on the government’s fl agship policy
Industry concern over the government’s fl agship Green Deal has continued amid reports that the policy could be overhauled. Prime Minister David Cameron is said to have held discussions with ministers about the policy, after the Cabinet Offi ce consulted industry experts. One of those involved in the consultation, Andrew
Warren of the Association for the Conservation of Energy (ACE), was reported as saying that the government’s ‘impact assessment’ on aspects of policy has shown it to be heading for a ‘train crash’.
‘There is not a single building engineer working today who meets the Green Deal competence criteria’
The ACE is also concerned that the Green Deal, aimed at encouraging householders to insulate homes and save energy, may not help those in fuel poverty, who will be unwilling to take out loans under the scheme. The government’s latest fuel poverty statistics, published last month, show that households in fuel poverty are expected to rise to 3.9m this year, up from 3.5m in 2011.
There is no indication, however, that the Green Deal’s planned launch this October will be delayed, but the review of the policy could prompt changes to it, according to reports.
Paul King of the UK Green Building Council said the government could bring in new Green Deal incentives,
The Green Deal will seek to encourage people to improve the energy effi ciency of their homes
such as reduced stamp duty for households. David Frise, head of sustainability at the Building & Engineering Services Association (B&ES), said the government had not thought through the delivery process for the Green Deal. ‘With just fi ve months to go until launch, there is not a single building engineer working today who meets the Green Deal competence criteria,’ he said. ‘There are also no courses available to train them because the competence criteria have been set in line with new national qualifi cations that are not yet in place.’ Immediate past-president of CIBSE, Andy Ford, said he hoped the Green Deal would succeed and called on the industry ‘to do everything it can to make it work’.
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