FAQs
Have the tariff levels been set to accommodate CHP plant?
The tariffs are available to combined heat and power (CHP) plant, but have not been specifically calculated to take into account CHP costs.
However this may change in the future.
Chapter 6 of the government's RHI announcement says
Renewable combined heat and power (CHP) and district heating
The RHI tariffs will also apply to the heat output from renewable combined heat and power.
The tariffs have been calculated on the basis of dedicated heat generation costs only. We recognise that the cost of heat from CHP may not be the same as that of dedicated heat generation. For CHP, there will be a coordinated review of the support available both for the electricity and heat output from CHP, and we will align this work with the ongoing ‘Banding Review’ of the Renewables Obligation (RO).
