Renewable Heat Incentive tariff update for 2012-13
Ofgem have announced that as of the 1st April 2012 the RHI tariffs will be updated inline with the retail price index at 4.8%.
The RHI supports non-domestic renewable heat installations and the production of biomethane for injection in the national gas grid.
| Levels of Support from 1st April 2012 | |||||
| Tariff | Technology | Eligible sizes (kWth) | Tariff rate (pence/kWh) | Duration | |
| Small Biomass | Solid Biomass; Municipal Solid Waste (incl. CHP) | Less than 200 | Tier 1 – 8.3
Tier 2 – 2.1 |
20 years | |
| Medium Biomass | 200 to 1,000 | Tier 1 – 5.1
Tier 2 – 2.1 |
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| Large Biomass | 1,000 and above | 1.0 | |||
| Small Ground Source | Ground-Source Heat Pumps; Water-Source Heat Pumps; Deep Geothermal | Less than 100 | 4.7 | ||
| Large Ground Source | 100 and above | 3.4 | |||
| Solar Thermal | Solar Thermal | Less than 200 | 8.9 | ||
| Biomethane | Biomethane Injection and Biogas Combustion, excluding Landfill Gas | Biomethane all scalesBiogas Combustion less than 200 | 7.1 | ||