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Baxi has broadly welcomed the Government’s publication on Thursday 10th March of its Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) policy document.
We are encouraged by the main thrust of the RHI documentation. The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has clearly learnt the important lessons from the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) framework and created an approach which will ensure technologies can be assessed in real life installations. The £15m funding could create around 25,000 installations under the Renewable Heat Premium Payments which will demonstrate the benefits renewable heat can deliver by 2015.
However, there is still clarity needed on key areas. We are disappointed that the definitive tariff levels for the domestic sector have not been revealed and we look forward to the publication of this information in May 2011. We also need detail on how dwellings will be assessed as eligible and whether the RHI tariff will be metered or deemed.
On the plus side, we are pleased to see that a clear link between RHI and the Green Deal has been expressed. Whilst there is a delay with implementation, the Government has honoured the commitment that installations completed after 15th July 2009 will be eligible for payments from 2012.
The RHI policy document sets out the arrangements for the £860 million scheme, which will provide long-term financial support to renewable heat installations to encourage the uptake of renewable heat. DECC is aiming for the regulations which underpin the scheme to be approved by Parliament in summer 2011 and the scheme will be introduced shortly thereafter. The scheme is expected to increase green capital investment by £4.5 billion up to 2020, stimulating a new market in renewable heat. DECC believes that the incentive will increase the number of industrial, commercial and public sector installations by seven times to 2020.
The RHI Policy Document states that a full system of RHI payments will be available to households from October 2012 and in the interim, more than a quarter of the first year’s budget to be guaranteed for up to 25,000 household installations through a “RHI Premium Payment” to encourage take-up.
The Government plans to publish details of the “RHI Premium Payment” and how this will apply in May 2011 and will consult on the RHI tariffs that will apply from October 2012 later in the year. Further detail of the scheme can be found on the DECC website.
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The announcement of the feed in tariff levels will obviously be the cue to kick start a substantial investment from manufacturers to installers and their customers. This without doubt will trigger growth in the sector. We wonder if these announcements may be being held off to soften an increase in interest rates or announcements on combining national insurance and income tax. It is perhaps a cynical view but these tariffs offer a further glimmer of light to a sector that is already showing signs of recovery. It would be naive to assume the government won’t be balancing announcements with this one perhaps being saved until after the potential interest rate increase.
Thank you for your recent comments.
The RHI tariff levels have been announced for non residential installations and the Renewable Heat Premium Payment levels have been announced for the residential sector. Whilst final tariff levels are expected in May I to am convinced this will assist in creating Green Jobs within the UK. I don’t think there is any link between the timing of the budget and the RHI announcement, after all the RHI has been in discussion for over 12 months and there are genuine concerns over the £860m fund for RHI and that it delivers carbon and energy benefits.
Please don’t hesitate to contact Baxi at http://www.baxi.co.uk for any further information on this.
I purchased a Duo-tec Combi HE A Range gas fired wallmounted condensing combination boiler from you in Oct 2009 with extended waranty until October 2012. (Boiler serial no. CAC093930100GC)
Every cold spell we have the flue is covered in icicles which extend to up to two feet long. I have had the engineer who put in the appliance and he says he has never seen anything like it but says you will not do anything about it. Can you please help as I am in my 70s and have to try and get up a ladder to the roof to knock them off.
The boiler itself if very good and we are pleased with it, it is certainly better than the previous one
I’ve spoken to our technical department about your issues with icicles. They say that it sounds as though the boiler is either condensing to much or there is an incorrect fall on the flue which means the condensate is running to the end of the flue rather than running back to the condensate trap inside the boiler as we recommend it should.
They recommend that first you ask your installer to go back to see if there is a problem with the installation of the flue/seals. If the installer is sure of the installation, then we recommend you call the Baxi Service Department heateam (0844 335 2266) to come and recomission the boiler for you.
I hope that helps.