Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many new applications have been made to the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive scheme since it opened in April 2014 for (a) air-source and (b) ground and water-source heat pumps; and what the annual cost to the public purse was of each of those subsidies.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The following tables show the number of total applications for air source heat pumps and ground source heat pumps under the domestic Renewable Heat Incentive. The latest application data the department has is up to the end of October 2016; as such 2016 does not represent a full year of applications.
Air source heat pumps | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Total applications (new and legacy) | 7,689 | 13,714 | 4,783 |
Actuals and Accruals | £1,873,300 | £11,027,489 | £13,317,544 |
Ground source heat pumps | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Total applications (new and legacy) | 3,127 | 3,727 | 1,131 |
Actuals and Accruals | £3,073,978 | £16,554,779 | £19,054,131 |
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many new applications have been made to the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive scheme since it opened in November 2011 for (a) air-source and (b) ground and water-source heat pumps; and what the cost of that scheme has been to each government department that has incurred any such cost in each year since it began.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The following tables show the number of full applications for a) Air Source Heat Pumps and b) Ground Source Heat Pumps and Water Source Heat Pumps under the non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive. The latest application data the department has is up to the end of October 2016; as such 2016 does not represent a full year of applications.
Air source heat pumps | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Full applications | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 158 | 118 |
Actuals and accruals | - | - | - | £4,033 | £105,918 | £193,233 |
Ground source heat pumps | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Full applications | 7 | 54 | 92 | 126 | 276 | 198 |
Actuals and accruals | £1,236 | £116,154 | £409,475 | £1,173,057 | £5,756,337 | £5,246,909 |
Asked by: Graham P Jones (Labour - Hyndburn)
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many applications were made under the renewables obligation for (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind; and what the annual cost to the public purse was of each of those subsidies between 2010 and 2016.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The number of applications approved for accreditation under the renewables obligation (RO) for onshore and offshore wind projects in the UK between the financial years 2010/11 to 2015/16 were:
Technology | Total number of applications for accreditation between 2010/11 and 2015/16 |
Micro onshore wind projects up to and including 50kW capacity | 142 |
Onshore wind projects above 50kW capacity | 590 |
Offshore wind projects | 17 |
Source: Ofgem:
RO accredited stations list (downloaded 24 November 2016): https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&ReportCategory=0
The costs of the RO are reclaimed from electricity consumers, not from general taxation. The annual costs of supporting onshore and offshore wind through the RO from 2010/11 to 2015/16, in £ million nominal prices were:
RO costs £/million | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 |
Onshore wind | £397.8 | £482.6 | £557.1 | £755.6 | £786.8 | £803.0 |
Offshore wind | £253.9 | £371.1 | £698.5 | £988.7 | £1,108.0 | £1,429.7 |
Source: Ofgem:
Renewables Obligation library: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/environmental-programmes/ro/contacts-publications-and-data/publications-library-renewables-obligation-ro
Renewables Obligation Annual Report 2014-15: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/publications-and-updates/renewables-obligation-ro-annual-report-2014-15
Renewables Obligation register and compliance certificates report: https://www.renewablesandchp.ofgem.gov.uk/Public/ReportManager.aspx?ReportVisibility=1&ReportCategory=0