Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (Domestic RHI) Update

The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme is the world’s first long-term financial support programme for renewable heat, with the RHI paying participants of the scheme that generate and use renewable energy to heat their building.

The programme was launched in November 2011 for the commercial sector and a household scheme is being opened in the Spring of 2014. The UK Government expects the RHI to make a significant contribution towards their 2020 ambition of 12 percent of heating in the UK coming from renewable sources.

At launch, people will be able to get full information and apply to join the scheme from the Ofgem website. To provide some basic information in advance, Ofgem has published a Domestic RHI web holding page with five factsheets that can be downloaded. They’re simply tasters, more comprehensive guides will be available for scheme opening.