NFU Energy has been providing expert advice on all aspects of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) since the scheme was launched in 2011. Throughout this time, we have liaised with Ofgem on legislation, accreditation and sustainability, and dealt with over 700 RHI applications for technologies ranging from biomass to biogas and heat pumps.
For many, burning recycled waste wood is a great choice, as it is a low cost and readily available biomass fuel. However, it’s important to make sure you’re properly permitted before you even take delivery.
The Vitacress Group are leading growers and packers of salads and speciality vegetables. We completed the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) registration and return for Vitacress over their 20 sites with a combined total of 41 metering points, and included sites participating in the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EUETS) and Climate Change Agreements (CCAs).
For those sites participating in EUETS, we helped with the annual scheme requirements of data and report submission, ensuring that the correct data was being gathered and processed in the most efficient manner.
You may need to comply with the Heat Network (Metering and Billing) Regulations 2014 if you are a commercial or domestic property landlord and you provide heating, cooling or hot water to multiple buildings via a district heating network or to tenants in a multi-let property via a communal heating network.
Suppliers of heat have the following duties:
The Vitacress Group are leading growers and packers of salads and speciality vegetables.
FEC Energy completed the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) registration and return for Vitacress over their 20 sites, which have a combined total of 41 metering points and, for added complexity, included sites participating in the European Union Emission Trading Scheme (EUETS) and Climate Change Agreements (CCAs).
I never realised until now what a nightmare the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme has become. Not only is its name too long, its rulebook is too - a cool 257 pages to be precise.
OK, the scheme only affects bigger clients – those with usage of over 6,000 MWh in half-hourly billed electricity – but boy, is it complicated. And where it overlaps with other schemes, like Climate Change Agreements (CCAs) and the European Unions Emissions Trading Scheme (EUETS), it can sometimes become almost unfathomable.
The Carbon Reduction Commitment Energy Efficiency Scheme, or CRC as it is commonly referred to, compels large energy users to make annual payments according to the amount of carbon emissions they make through energy use.
Original plans were to recycle most of the receipts, paying most of the money back to companies who had met certain energy efficiency targets. However, in the 2010 spending review, it was decided not to do this. In other words, CRC became another form of an energy tax.
The Climate Change Levy (CCL) is a tax charged on the electricity, gas, LPG, coal and coke used by businesses in the UK. However, some businesses that are in energy intensive sectors are able to apply for a discount. This discount is given in return for achieving agreed energy saving targets.
The Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) was introduced by the Government in response to a European Union directive on energy reporting. The aim of the scheme is to reduce the UK’s carbon emissions by making it compulsory for large businesses to identify energy saving measures.
The Feed-in Tariff (FiT) is a government subsidy paid for renewable electricity generation and is a fixed payment per kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity generated. The rate paid varies by technology and also by size of project, with small to medium scale installations receiving higher rates.
The technologies eligible for FiTs are wind, solar photovoltaics (PV), hydro, anaerobic digestion and domestic scale micro-CHP.
The tariff levels reduce by gradual amounts each year (in line with expected technology cost reductions). This is called 'degression'.
