The UK Government is committed to creating a more sustainable, social, environmental and economic future.

Offering incentives to households for being more environmentally friendly, they are not only providing an income based reward, but aim for a country-wide shift in knowledge and beliefs of renewable energy solutions.

The Government's commitment to renewable energy solutions can be seen through the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme, Feed-in Tarriffs and Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme. 

See below for more information about the RHI, FiT, and EVHS.

Renewable Heat Incentive – what is it?

The Renewable Heat Incentive, is a Government financial incentive for the use of renewable heat in domestic environments – in other words, your home.

By switching to a heating solution which uses renewable energy, such as an air source heat pump – reduces the amount of carbon emissions used across homes in the UK. This meets the Government’s renewable energy targets of producing 12% of heat from renewable sources by 2020.

What’s in it for me?

Anyone who has a newly installed air source heat pump can join the scheme to receive quarterly payments across seven years, based on the amount of clean and green renewable heat provided by their solution.

Although the amount paid can differ customer to customer, the quarterly payments are designed to offset the cost of installing and running your new air source heat pump.

If you are still deciding whether you should progress with an air source heat pump, or have only just begun your search into a new heating solution, speak to 50five to find out more about the range of pumps available and why we are a certified installers for the Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.

The Feed-in Tariffs (FIT) scheme is a government programme designed to promote the uptake of renewable and low-carbon electricity generation technologies eg. Solar photovoltaic (solar PV).

Since its introduction in 2010, the scheme requires participating electricity suppliers to make payments to electricity generators - consumers with any of the technologies mentioned below.

Who is the scheme available to?

Consumers who install any of the following electricity generating technologies with a capacity of up to 5MW, or 2kW:

• Solar photovoltaic (solar PV)
• Wind
• Micro combined heat and power (CHP)
• Hydro
• Anaerobic digestion (AD)

The Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) provides grant funding of up to 75% towards the cost of installing electric vehicle chargepoints at domestic properties across the UK - with a maximum value of £500 (including VAT) per household.

In order to be eligible, you must have taken ownership of a new or secondhand electric vehicle from 1 October 2016 provided that you have not claimed from previous chargepoint schemes.

A list of eligible cars can be found here.

What's in it for me?

By purchasing a home charger for your electric vehicle, you are investing in a faster and safer way to charge your vehicle. If you meet the eligibility requirements, the government is incentivising home vehicle charging and helping offset a majority of the cost of the purchase and installation.

Download a customer guide for the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme.