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Written question asked by Graham Stringer (Labour) on Monday, 5 January 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 January 2015 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Monday, 12 January 2015. A substantive answer was provided by Amber Rudd (Conservative) on Thursday, 15 January 2015 on behalf of the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average subsidy payment per site of (a) all installed non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) and (b) biomass systems operating under the non-domestic RHI scheme was in each month since the start of that scheme.

Answer

Non-domestic RHI applicants are required to submit heat meter readings every 3 months from the date when their (accredited) application was submitted. Subsequently, subsidy payments are then calculated and paid based on these quarterly heat meter readings.

The table below gives average quarterly subsidy payment per installation between the start of the scheme and 30 November 2014:

Average quarterly subsidy payment

Biomass systems

£4,000

Non-biomass systems

£4,600

All systems

£4,000

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him today to Question 219696, which contains an assessment of the seasonality of renewable heat used in the scheme, compared to natural gas demand as a comparator. This assessment suggests that demand for heat under the RHI varies with season to the same pattern as traditional fossil fuels.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
219699
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Subsidies Renewable heat incentive scheme
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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