Government still a long way off Green Deal finance target but Minister for Energy and Climate Change emphasises it is still early days for Green Deal
Statistics show 36 households signed up to the Green Deal by the end of June but the figure still leaves the government a long way off the target of 10,000 Green Deal financing packages by the end of the year. The slow start to the scheme had been blamed on the fact only a few […]
DECC announces domestic Renewable Heat Incentive Levels
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have recently announced the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) tariff levels which have been set at; – Solar thermal: 19.2 p/kWh (minimum) – Ground source heat pumps: 18.8 p/kWh – Biomass boilers: 12.2 p/kWh – Air source heat pumps: 7.3 p/kWh The DECC said that the solar […]
Promising start for Green Deal as energy efficiency work begins in London, Kent and Wales
Following the launch of the Green Deal in January, energy efficiency schemes have begun around the country, in London, Enfield Council has joined forces with British Gas to deliver a £10 million energy efficiency improvement programme to the borough. The scheme will reduce the energy bills of 1,000 of Enfield’s lowest income households by an […]
£75M of finance is provided to the green deal by the government.
Around £75M were been put to financing the green deal scheme by the government. As part of its £244M initial funding package which it announced last month, the government has backed the Green Deal Finance Company by £50M. The government has put £20M into the company and has provided a guarantee of up to £30M of […]
Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI)
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have announced that the Renewable Heat Incentive will be introduced in 2001-2012 with £860 of funding. However specific details of the implementation are not yet explicit. In addition the Green deal, due to be introduced may also assist in improving home insulation strategies or strategies to improve […]