The UK Government has announced £12 million in funding for industry, businesses and community groups investing in biomass-fuelled heating and combined heat and power systems.
The latest round of the Bio-energy Capital Grants scheme will pay 40% of the difference in cost of a biomass boiler and the fossil fuel alternative up to a maximum of £500,000.
“Nearly half of the UK’s carbon emissions come from heating, so it’s essential to change how we heat businesses, hospitals, schools and community buildings,” says Sustainable Development and Energy Innovation Minister, Lord Hunt of Kings Heath.
Since the scheme was launched in 2002, a total of £55 million has been used to set up biomass power stations, biomass-fuelled heat and power plants and biomass heating systems.
Schools, hospitals, charities and local authorities are also likely to benefit from a reallocation of £7 million to the Low Carbon Buildings Programme, which provides grants for installatiom of microgeneration technologies.
