Incentives for solar heating panels

Incentives for solar heating panels are here.

The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is designed to increase solar panel adoption such as evacuated tubes. Currently, only a tiny proportion of the UK’s housing stock has solar heat technology.

Up to 25,000 installations will help people benefit from solar-powered heating systems and ensure a fair spread across all the regions of the UK.

This incentive is the first of its kind in the world. It’ll help the UK shift away from fossil fuels, reducing carbon emissions and encouraging innovation, and green technology jobs. Renewable heat has been a largely untapped resource.

Eligible technologies include biomass boilers, air-source and ground source heat pumps. However, these technologies can be challenging to use in a domestic setting.

Ground source heat pumps need to be installed underground and cover a wide area that makes them impractical in urban areas. Thus, installing solar heating panels is the most practical.

Participants must be willing to agree to provide feedback on annual performance. A solar heating system with RHI payments will be available from October 2012. Retro-fitted systems must have MCS equipment installed after July 2009.

This is fantastic news for homeowners confident in solar heating technologies. The demand for solar panels has increased tenfold over the last two years.

Light is life.