INFORMATION BULLETIN
Date: 29 December 2006
Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR
Out of hours telephone 020 7270 8960
Defra opens up Bio-energy Capital Grants Scheme third round - support for biomass heat
Defra today opened a ten week application window for the third round of the Bio-energy Capital Grants Scheme. The £10-15m scheme was announced this Spring in the new Climate Change Programme and the Government response to the Biomass Task Force report.
It will support the installation of biomass-fuelled heat and combined heat and power projects in the industrial, commercial and community sectors, including local authorities and schools.
Capital grants under the new scheme, based on the existing rounds one and two of the Bio-energy Capital Grants Scheme, which were funded by DTI and the Big Lottery Fund, will be awarded towards the cost of the heat or combined heat and power equipment.
There will be a variable rate up to a maximum of 40 per cent of the difference in cost compared with installation of the fossil fuel alternative.
The minimum grant will be £25,000 and the maximum ceiling for support will be £1m. In exceptional cases, higher awards for multiple or bundled applications will be considered. The scheme will run for five years.
AEA Energy and Environment, part of AEA Technology plc, will be administering the bids on Defra's behalf. Full details, including the guidance notes and application form, will be available on their website (http://www.aea-energy-and-environment.com/index2.htm)
The grant application window will close ten weeks from today ( 9 March 2007).
Note to editors
Details of the announcement in the UK Climate Change Programme can be found on the Defra website at www.defra.gov.uk/environment/climatechange/uk/ukccp/index.htm
End
Public enquiries: 08459 335577
News releases available on our website:
www.defra.gov.uk
Defra's aim is sustainable development
Page published: 29 December 2006