Ofgem have released a monthly summary of the capacity deployed per technology and capacity band in the current tariff period, 8 February to 31 March 2016. You can read their full update here. Key information of interest to members: The…
Several members are reporting severe delays in Ofgem approval of FIT applications. We are raising this issue with DECC and to make our case we need to hear from you regarding the delays you are experiencing. If so, please send…
National Grid have been succesful in winning Ofgem funding to research how to "minimise the cost and time of connections to the National Transmission System (NTS), with particular focus on unconventional gas connections". The £5m project, called "Project CLoCC - Customer…
Last week we published a blog about rules on adding biogas boilers to existing AD plants. As that blog details, in their correspondence with us Ofgem emphasised that 'newness' will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis and that a definitive…
Over the last few weeks we have run a series of blogs about the FIT deployment caps, posts about the deployment cap being reached in 15 minutes and our update from last Friday. Today Ofgem have released their latest figures, and as you…
In the coming weeks we are expecting that changes will be made to the RHI for 2016-17, and that DECC will launch a consultation on the RHI, with substantial reforms likely for 2017/18 forwards. We are in close contact with…
Ofgem have today released a new guide for the FIT, Guidance for Renewable Installations (Version 10), which you can find here. The changes to the FIT that the Version 10 Guidance responds to are: The introduction of deployment caps; The…
During the last few weeks we received some questions about the rules on adding biogas boilers to existing AD plants, under the RHI. The Ofgem guidance, below, sets out what equipment needs to be categorised as new. We contacted Ofgem…
Last week we learned that the FIT deployment cap of 5.8MW for AD had been breached in 15 minutes and that by the end of the first day of the current quarter applications had been submitted amounting to a total…
On 8 February the first quarter FIT deployment cap for AD was re-opened. The current cap period, which continues until 31 March was reached almost immediately - after just 15 minutes - with pre-accreditation granted to the 5.8MW worth of…
