{"id":9209,"date":"2014-12-27T15:05:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-27T15:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=9209"},"modified":"2014-12-19T19:19:53","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T19:19:53","slug":"doeni-renewable-energy-planning-stats-heat-initiative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=9209","title":{"rendered":"DoENI Renewable Energy Planning Stats &#038; \u2018Heat Initiative\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Department for the Environment Northern Ireland (DoENI) has released statistics showing approval rates and the number of renewable energy applications received in the most recent quarter, and launched a new financial support scheme for switching to renewable energy this week, entitled the Renewable Heat Initiative<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The DoENI writes<\/span>:<br \/>\nIf you want to switch from a conventional heating system to using a renewable heating source, you can get long-term financial support. The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) Scheme is open to both non-domestic and domestic properties.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All households are encouraged to consider the advantages of switching to a renewable heating source.<\/p>\n<p>Renewable heating sources include biomass (wood, straw, poultry litter or energy crops), heat pumps and solar thermal.\u00a0 If switching for your home, you&#8217;ll be able to get upfront assistance plus an annual payment over a seven-year period.\u00a0 The scheme will also support installations commissioned since 1 September 2010.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nidirect.gov.uk\/news-dec14-scheme-for-switching-to-renewable-heating-opens\" target=\"_blank\">News release<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nidirect.gov.uk\/index\/information-and-services\/environment-and-greener-living\/energy-wise\/energy-saving-grants\/renewable-heat-incentive-rhi.htm\" target=\"_blank\">More information on the initiative<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nidirect.gov.uk\/index\/information-and-services\/environment-and-greener-living\/energy-wise\/renewables-and-innovative-technologies.htm\" target=\"_blank\">DoENI guide to renewables<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northernireland.gov.uk\/index\/media-centre\/news-departments\/news-doe\/news-doe-181214-further-reductions-in.htm\" target=\"_blank\">DoENI announcement<\/a> in reduction of renewable energy applications (July to November 2014 quarter)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?s=renewable\" target=\"_blank\">IHBC newsblog on renewables<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department for the Environment Northern Ireland (DoENI) has released statistics showing approval rates and the number of renewable energy applications received in the most recent quarter, and launched a new financial support scheme for switching to renewable energy this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=9209\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9210,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9209\/revisions\/9210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}