Costs and Grants

Wood Energy Limited website have a very useful tool on their website, you put in the cost per tonne for the fuel and it gives you the price per kwh.  Click here:-
www.woodenergyltd.co.uk/technical/fuel-cost-comparator.ashx




























































To ensure you get full and up to date information it is advisable you visit the websites directly.

Installation Grants for Automated Wood Heating Systems
Commercial tax relief “Enhanced Capital Allowance”
Funding body: Carbon Trust / DEFRA
Website: www.eca.gov.uk
Applies to : Anyone VAT registered
Value: 100% capital tax write-off in 1st year
Appliances: Registered Biomass boilers <300kW


The Carbon Trust / Action Energy offer interest free loans for small to medium sized enterprises:-
http://www.thecarbontrust.co.uk/energy/takingaction/loans.htm

Energy-Efficiency loans from the Carbon Trust
Interest free loans of between £5,000 and £100,000 are available to qualifying small and medium sized enterprises (SME's) looking to invest capital in energy saving projects. The loans are repaid over a period of up to 48 months depending on the energy payback of your project. Tel 0800 085 2005 for details.

How repayments are calculated
Repayments for Energy-Efficiency Loans are interest free and the term of the loan is determined by the energy payback of your project. For example, if you are offered a loan of £6,000 and you expect to make energy cost savings of £2,000 per year, your energy payback ratio will be (£6,000 divided by £2,000 p.a. = ) 3 years. Therefore your repayments will be calculated to repay £6,000 over 3 years. Loan terms must be multiples of 12 months up to a maximum of 48 months (i.e. 12 months, 24 months, 36 months or 48 months).




Domestic, Business and Community Installation Grants for Wood Fuelled Boilers-

The Clearskies and EST grant funding has changed. Please download information from the DTI Low Carbon Buildings Programme website. We suggest you check for updated information on their website.

Wood fuelled boiler systems - Level of domestic grant; regardless of size, maximum £1,500 subject to an overall 30% limit (exclusive of VAT). Stand alone room heater 20% or £600.

Procedure:-
Householder- contact DTi to see if you match the criteria (this also covers home insulation and energy saving procedures etc.) Tel: 0800 915 0990.

Low Carbon Buildings Programme Guidance Notes
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Apply and the DTi send an application form or you can get it online. Paper version takes about 3 weeks with an offer or with rejection information. If you apply online the response is instant via email.

Get current list of installers and their contact details and contact an accredited installer http://www.clear-skies.org/households/AccreditedInstallers.aspx.

Or click here to get installers list as of 27.09.06

Put the accredited installers name on the form and when it has been processed and its ok you get an offer letter. It allows 6 months to complete the installation - the installer gets completion certificates (this document was taken from www.est.org.uk website 27.09.06) and fills them in and stamps them with their company logo to authorise it. Receipts get sent in to DTi and in 15 working days they pay. 30% excluding VAT or £1,500 or 20% for a stand alone room heater or £600.

To get boilers on the list the company who is selling the boiler contacts Clearskies.

For Community and Businesses:-
A longer assessment period is needed - Community 30 working days (meet monthly)
Business - pre registration form completed, £100k to £1m is assessed quarterly. If funding is available in the given period it takes 8-12 weeks.




Telephone 0800 915 0990
If you are a community organisation and would like support with community based sustainable energy projects please call the Energy Saving Trust’s Community Action for Energy team on 08701 261 444.


ClearSkies Website
Please check here for approved installers and recognised products:-
http://www.clear-skies.org/

Accredited Installers:-
http://www.clear-skies.org/households/AccreditedInstallers.aspx

The Carbon Trust

Bio-Energy Capital Grant
Funding body: Dti / New Opportunities Fund (Lottery)
Website: www.nof.org.uk
Ring-fenced money for use as top-up grants for developing clusters of biomass heating systems is available.
Applies to: Private purchaser, community groups
Value: Depends on individual scheme Please click on the links and go to the relevant webpages to be sure to get up to date information.

The Energy Saving Trust (EST)






£1,500 or 30% (whichever smaller)
Phone to register interest, you can apply on-line or they can send you an application form. You need Clearskies approved plumbers and installers - ask EST for a list or look on their website. Apply for the grant after you have a quotation from your supplier, if happy with the quote then apply for the grant - get grant awarded and get it installed. Note: Check with local authority about planning permissions.
Energy Saving Trust grants for homeowners and businesses 0800 9157722
http://www.est.co.uk/communityenergy







Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) scheme
This scheme is part of the Governments programme to manage climate change. It is designed to encourage businesses to invest in energy saving equipment. The allowance scheme enables businesses to claim an "enhanced" 100% capital allowance on investments in energy saving equipment during the first tax year.
http://www.eca.gov.uk/

Centre for Sustainable Energy
South West advice service for wood heating -Tel 0117 9299404 Bristol advice centre
local energy advice centre
http://www.cse.org.uk/cgi-bin/news.cgi?full&live&&1261

Interest Free Loans
As soon as we receive further information from these organisations we will add the documents to this page.

Carbon Trust website www.thecarbontrust.co.uk

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation http://www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk
and click on the application guidelines link.

or Application Guidelines Word document 119k, dated May 2004.

SWEB Green Energy Fund www.edfenergy.com
EDF Energy Green Energy Fund Application Word document 49k

Social, Economic and Environmental Development (SEED) Programme http://www.rsnc.org/seed/




To ensure you get full and up to date information it is advisable you visit the websites directly.

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