From Scottish Guest Blogger Conor Macguire: Renewable Heat Incentives Save You More Than Energy
The Renewable Heat Incentive is for everyone, whether for households, landlords, businesses, schools, hospitals and many more. It is a beneficial scheme which you can be used to save money and energy, both together!
There have been various attempts to enhance the usage of renewable energy across UK. One of the best examples is of the Feed-in Tariffs. A scheme which went live in April 2010 accelerated the installation of renewable energy capacity in Europe. And now comes the more effective, the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) which was launched in April 2014. Through this scheme, who make use of renewable energy to heat their buildings are awarded financially.
Although it was largely compared with the tariff’s scheme yet, it differs in many ways. In this, there are two incentives; first one is for the residential homes and another for the non-domestic sector including the commercial, public sector and community organizations. With an aim to help the UK accomplish the target of producing 12% of its heat from renewable sources by 2020, it is at great start.
So, if you still haven’t made your mind for creating your own heat from renewable sources, the following benefits will surely force you to do the same. Read here the three major benefits of installing your own heating system from renewable sources:
#1 Cut down the total cost of your energy bills:
You must be aware of the fact that for every house in the UK, heat is generated at source. Due to this you need to pay large energy bills for gas, oil and electricity (if using electric heaters). Here comes into role the renewable heat equipment. Installing them you will get paid for the amount of heat you generate. Although there may be still some other costs yet, the structure of RHI is such that the total cost of your bills will be either less or similar to the amount received. And if you have been cutting down your usage of gas and oil, especially in those chilly winter months, say no more to this. Making you financially better off with the average home, you can expect a net profit of £600. Thus, it saves you a lot. Here is a nice article called: How To Save Even More Energy Bills.
#2 Little effect of the fuel price changes:
With the world’s economy going up and down, the price of oil and gas has fluctuated greatly in the recent years. This whole process of getting the prices up and down proportionately affects you budget. But, you can be saved greatly by having a renewable heat system at home. It is simple, when you are not using oil or gas, the price changes will not affect. Probably this never means that you will be totally immune. As all the systems in a way or the other rely on electricity and fuels to run, but for sure the affect will be minimized to a great extent.
#3 Your contribution to the environment:
You all must be reading several article, blogs, etc. related to conservation, but have you ever tried to contribute to mother Earth. RHI makes it possible for you! In the present scenario, 99% of all the heat generated arrives from oil, gas fuel or electricity power stations and only 1% comes from renewable resources. RHI helps you to be a part of saving energy campaign too, because it is running with an aim to get 12% energy generated from the renewable sources by 2020.
In all, Renewable Heat Incentive in Scotland helps you to significantly reduce the carbon footprints and of course, your energy bills, making you more self-sufficient in energy and earn some extra income.
Hope you enjoyed the article contributed by Green Energy Scotland who provide energy saving advice to bring down energy saving bills.
