FAQs
How will biomass fuel contamination be measured?
Sampling and measurement will be used for larger systems. There are less onerous schemes for small and medium biomass plants, biogas heat and injection systems.
Chapter 5 of the government's RHI announcement says
Ancillary fossil fuel use and fossil fuel contamination
Some large-scale renewable heat installations may use feedstock which contain some fossil fuel contamination such as some forms of waste wood. There may also be a need for such installations to use some ancillary fossil fuel for certain legitimate purposes, for example, during the start-up stage.
In order to ensure that the RHI is paid only for genuine renewable heat generation, a fuel measurement and sampling approach will be put in place.
