Alva Surveyors Ltd.
14-17 Metropolitan Business Park. Preston New Road.
Blackpool. FY3 9LT.
Telephone: 01253 446 935
06:52:am, Sunday, September 05, 2010
Alva Surveyors - Renewable Energy For Rural Communities.
Rural communities face many problems, not least of which can be interuptions to the power supply. Why not get together with your neighbours and wire up your community to renewable energy sources - you can even sell any excess back to the grid! There are grants available towards the cost of installing: Wind Turbines, Wood Fuel Heating (Biomass), Ground Source Heat Pumps, Solar Power (Thermal Hot Water & Photovoltaics, Solar Electricity), Small Scale Hydro, Air Source Heat Pumps. To be eligible to receive a Low Carbon Buildings Programme Grant you must use a Certified Installer and a Certified Product. Alva Surveyors will be happy to advise you on grants and technical details.
The following (Combined Heat & Power) technologies will also qualify for funding once accredited installers and products become available.
* Renewable CHP * MicroCHP * Fuel cells
Applications for a grant are welcome from private individuals who own their own home or farmhouse and reside in properties located within England, Wales, Northern Ireland or Scotland (excluding the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands). Or get together with your local neighbours and switch to renewables? Alva Surveyors will be pleased to give a presentation to your community or community council about how renewable energy sources could save you all money and generate a local income.
|
Technology |
Maximum Amount of Grant |
Grant Offer Validity Period |
|---|---|---|
| Solar Thermal Hot Water | Overall maximum of £400 or 30% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is the lower | 3 months for existing buildings. 6 months for buildings under construction. |
| Ground Source Heat Pumps | Overall maximum of £1,200 or 30% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is the lower | 6 months for existing buildings. 6 months for buildings under construction. |
| Air Source Heat Pumps | Overall maximum of £900 or 30% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is the lower | 6 months for existing buildings. 6 months for buildings under construction. |
| Automated Wood Pellet-Fed Room Heaters/Stoves | Overall maximum of £600 or 20% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is the lower | 6 months for existing buildings. 6 months for buildings under construction. |
| Wood Fuelled Boiler Systems | Overall maximum of £1,500 or 30% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is the lower | 6 months for existing buildings. 6 months for buildings under construction. |
| Solar Photovalic | Maximum of £2,000 per kW of installed capacity, subject to an overall maximum of £2,500 or 50% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is the lower | 4 months for existing buildings. 6 months for buildings under construction. |
| Wind Turbines | Maximum of £1,000 per kW of installed capacity, subject to an overall maximum of £2,500 or 30% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is the lower | 4 months for existing buildings. 6 months for buildings under construction. |
| Small Scale Hydro | Maximum of £1,000 per kW of installed capacity, subject to an overall maximum of £2,500 or 30% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is the lower | 12 months for existing buildings. 12 months for buildings under construction. |
Please note: There is a £2,500 grant cap per household. Householders can apply for grants for more than one technology, but the funding will be limited up to a maximum of £2,500 per household, depending on technologies involved, and to one grant per technology type.
Alva Surveyors Ltd.
14-17 Metropolitan Business Park. Preston New Road.
Blackpool. FY3 9LT.
Telephone: 01253 446 935
Alva Group Community Energy
The Department if Energy & Climate Change (DECC) low carbon buildings programme provides grants for home owners throughout the UK.
Grants are available for microgeneration technologies including: solar photovoltaic, wind turbines, small scale hydro, solar water heating, heat pumps and bio-energy.
Apply for your grant today!
The programme will also fund renewable CHP, micro CHP and fuel cells.
Please contact Alva Surveyors for more information about these grants.
Alva Surveyors are working with our associates to lower carbon emissions and to help consumers find alternative energy sources.
Remote Community Renewables
Contact Alva Surveyors for more information about grants for renewable energy, to arrange a survey or to discuss with your community how we can help you to reduce your energy bills.
Before installing any renewable energy technology make sure you are using energy as efficiently as possible by taking measures to minimise your energy needs.
Apply for your grant today!