Wood fuelled boiler grants in Norfolk

[renewablejohn]

Until the Renewable Heat Incentive gets onto the statute books I would take government intentions with a pinch of salt.

 

The last time I looked the only approved boiler so far for use in a smokeless zone was a Dunsley Yorkshire which having installed my own last December I would recommend to anyone as it does precisely what it says on the tin and is very economical.

[WINTERBOURNE]

There has been a recent development and it looks like their is going to be an automatic tie between MCS accreditation and U K some controls so once you have gained MCS accreditation the product will be exempt from smoke control areas.

This is because the MCS accreditation is so rigorous and emissions from the test results is something that is covered so saves doubling up.

It will be announced January 2011 but this was from the emissions specialist for U K Smoke Controls who confirmed the above this week.

For a list of accredited products see

http://www.microgenerationcertification.org/mcs-consumer/product-search.php:thumbup:

[Dave Rouse]

hi

has anyone heard anymore about these grants? i've looked on the websites that have been mentioned and cant find any mention of the grants.

cheers dave

[Woody Wood Pecker]

Not sure if I should be advising you of this as if more people get wind then it will push up the price of wood - good for suppliers - bad news for wood users like me.

 

In 2012 the Government intends to offer "Green Loans". These are for things like PV panels, turbines and biomass systems including, if I've read it correctly, log boilers.

 

Google "green loans" but, basically, the Government lends you the money and you pay it back out of any incentive received back over the next 25 years as well as the savings on fuel. So, for a £7k log burner system with a Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) payment of £1k for 15 years, you'd easily pay off the cost of the boiler, flue and installation and VAT - which I'm hoping is 5% - or have I got that wrong. I should have the finances available myself in 2012 for my system but, if the government's going to give (lend) me the money to pay for it, I'll snap their hand off.

 

Anyhow, hopefully I'll get more details in a month's time. I'm visiting the Eco Build exhibition in London so hopefully there'll be a bit of info there.

 

Cheers

 

G