FAQs

Not if the grant qualifies as ‘public funding‘, unless it was received before the RHI came into force and you are able to pay it back.

Chapter 6 of the government’s RHI announcement says

Interaction of the non-domestic RHI with grants

Our decision is based on the principle of no double public funding, but we will make provision for installations that had received public funding during the transition period. (see here)

RHI support will only be available if the installation in question has not received (and will not receive) any other public funding, or, where it has received public funding up to the point at which the RHI regulations came in to force, it has paid this back. If the project receives other public funding after that date, it will not be eligible for RHI support and cannot become eligible by paying it back.