With a target for 12% of heating to be supplied by renewable sources by 2020 UK Government believes introduction of RHI will strongly aid in achieving this target.
RHI domestic scheme supports air to water heat pumps; biomass only boilers and biomass pellet stoves with back boilers; ground and water source heat pumps; micro-CHP; flat plate and evacuated tube solar thermal panels. The scheme follows extensive consultation on how a financial incentive would work best for householders and takes into account lessons learned from the Renewable Heat Premium Payment grant scheme (RHPP) and the RHI non domestic scheme.
The Renewable Heat Premium Payment was a one-off grant designed to help towards meeting the costs of installing renewable technologies in your home. The grant ran until March 2014 when the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) was introduced for domestic customers.
After an exhaustive consultation, the government announced an increase of tariff rate of over 33% for installing ASHP starting in spring 2017. Those who apply for the RHI after December 14th 2016, will be eligible for the current tariff rate and then for the increased tariff rate from the day it comes into force – subject to parliamentary approval.
Aquarea A2W Heat Pumps
Panasonic’s Aquarea range of air to water heat pumps are market leaders in performance. Already proving extremely popular with homeowners, specifiers and contractors, the Aquarea range offers a heating and hot water solution with maximum energy efficiency, reliability and ease of use. With the RHI payments now based on the efficiency and performance of the heat pump, there is more of a reason to choose Panasonic and enjoy the full benefits it can provide. Aquarea is the most comprehensive, versatile and cost-effective range of air-to-water heat pumps on the market. It features heat pumps from 3 to 16 kW, single and three-phase alongside Monobloc, Split-Units & All In One units. Panasonic Aquarea heat pumps can be installed as hybrid units connected to boilers if required, cooling can be provided from Panasonic Aquarea heat pumps. Air source heat pumps will have a payment cap for all application’s once the new dRHI is in place, this capped figure will be the deemed gross figure from the EPC for the property.
The gross figure will be divided by the SCoP figure for the unit installed to confirm the renewable energy generated.
Example: 20,000kWh (deemed gross heat energy required from EPC for property)
4.33 SCoP (Panasonic WH-SDC09H3E5)
20,000/4.33 = 4,619kWh electric used to generate 20,000kWh heat.
20,000 – 4,619 = 15,381kWh renewable energy from heat pump.
15,381 x 10.01p (dRHI tariff rate) = £1,539.64 (first year payment)
Tariff Payments
Payments are made on a quarterly basis for seven years. In most cases, payments are made based on an EPC stating the heat demand of the property. To further understand and drive improvements in the market, MMSP have been restructured. 50% of the payment (£805) will now be made upfront in first year RHI payment with the outstanding 50% over the remaining 6 year period. In addition, the reforms will also reduce the frequency with which metered data should be uploaded from weekly to monthly.
When the heat pump is installed in to a second home or alongside another energy system then an electric and heat metering package has to be installed, payments will be based on the actual system performance but capped to either a the total stated on EPC or 20,000kWh of energy; whichever is lower. Electrical metering is fitted on all installs as a minimum requirement to confirm running cost of system for end user.
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