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Funding for renewable heating in social housing
From 15th August, bids are invited from Registered Providers of social housing for funds up to around £175,000 (€200,000) per housing provider to support proposals for heating equipment including biomass boilers, solar hot water panels and heat pumps for social housing tenants. £3 million will be available under the new scheme which should in total finance at least 17 social housing projects. The deadline for bids is the 15th of September.
The bids will be evaluated by a panel of experts on criteria including value for money, the number of individual installations, the opportunity for learning and the number of homes not supplied by mains gas.
Successful applicants will be informed in late September / early October and can therefore start installing renewable heat equipment as soon as they receive confirmation of their winning bid.
The scheme is managed by the Energy Saving Trust and the funding is provided as part of DECC's Renewable Heat Incentive Premium Payment.