# The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme Regulations 2011 (revoked) S.I. 2011/2860 · made 27 November 2011 · revised to 22 May 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-regulations-2011-revoked/pdf/uksi_20112860_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-regulations-2011-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20112860_en.pdf ## Introductory text Energy Made 27th November 2011 Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: Introductory provisions ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Renewable heat incentive scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Eligibility and matters relating to eligibility ### Chapter 1: Eligible installations ## 4 Eligible installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Eligibility criteria for technologies ## 5 Eligible installations generating heat from solid biomass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5A RHI emission certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Eligible installations generating heat from solid biomass contained in municipal waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Eligible installations generating heat using solar collectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Eligible installations generating heat using ground source heat pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8A Eligible installations generating heat using air source heat pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Eligible installations which are CHP systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9A Eligible installations which are new solid biomass CHP systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Eligible installations generating heat using geothermal sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Eligible installations generating heat using biogas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Other eligibility requirements for technologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Certification for installation of Microgeneration heating equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Plants comprised of more than one plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Excluded plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: Eligibility criteria in relation to metering and steam measuring ## 16 Metering of plants in simple systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Metering of plants in complex systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17A Metering in respect of new applications for accreditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17B Metering in respect of new applications for accreditation in respect of ground source or air source heat pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Shared meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Metering of CHP systems generating electricity only before 15th July 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Matters relating to all heat meters and steam measuring equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Additional metering requirements for plants generating heat from biogas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Accreditation and registration ## 22 Applications for accreditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Treatment of grants from public funds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Changes in ownership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24A Changes in location of accredited RHI installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Producers of biomethane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Preliminary accreditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26A Preliminary registration of biomethane producers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Ongoing obligations for participants ### Chapter 1: Ongoing obligations relating to the use of solid biomass to generate heat ## 27 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Participants using solid biomass contained in ... waste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Participants using solid biomass in accredited RHI installations with an installation capacity of 1MWth or above . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Participants using solid biomass in accredited RHI installations with an installation capacity of between 45kWth and 1MWth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Ongoing obligations relating to the use of biogas to generate heat and the production of biomethane for injection ## 31 Biogas produced from gasification or pyrolysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Participants generating heat from biogas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Biomethane producers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: Ongoing obligations relating to other matters ## 34 Ongoing obligations: general . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34A Ongoing obligations: emissions from biomass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Ongoing obligations in relation to metering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Ongoing obligations in relation to the provision of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter NonBreakingSpace4: Sustainable solid biomass etc ## 36A Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36B Ongoing obligation to use sustainable solid biomass or biogas or to produce sustainable biomethane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36C Information to be provided to the Authority in relation to the use of sustainable solid biomass etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36D Sustainability audit reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36E Schemes for listing approved sustainable fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Periodic support payments ## 37 Payment of periodic support payments to participants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37A Calculation of initial tariffs on or after the relevant date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37AA Calculation of initial tariffs for certain installations and biomethane producers with tariff start dates before 1st January 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37B Calculation of A for tariff start dates before the fifth relevant date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37BA Calculation of A for tariff start dates on or after 1st January 2018 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37C Calculation of B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37D Calculation of C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37E Expenditure forecast statement and tariff change notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37F Determination of increase in expenditure forecasts for 1st September 2014 expenditure forecast statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Periodic support payments for accredited RHI installations in simple systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Periodic support payments accredited RHI installations for complex systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39A Periodic support payments for new accredited RHI installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39B Periodic support payments for CHP systems using biomass or biogas in combination with other sources of energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39C CHP systems accredited in relation to the Renewables Obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39D Periodic support payments for new solid biomass CHP systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Fossil fuel contamination of solid biomass and fossil fuel used for permitted ancillary purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Fossil fuel contamination adjustment to periodic support payments for producers and combusters of biogas produced from gasification and pyrolysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Periodic support payments to producers of biomethane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42A Calculation of heat loss in certain circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Additional RHI capacity ## 43 Treatment of additional RHI capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43A Additional capacity for biomethane production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: Enforcement ## 44 Power to temporarily withhold periodic support payments to investigate alleged non-compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Power to suspend periodic support payments where ongoing failure to comply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Power to permanently withhold or reduce a participant's periodic support payments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Revocation of accreditation or registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Overpayment notices and offsetting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: Revocation of sanctions ## 49 Revocation of Part 7 sanctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 9: Inspection ## 50 Power to inspect accredited RHI installations and equipment used to produce biomethane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 10: Reviews ## 51 Right of review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 10A: Restriction of entry to the scheme ## 51A Circumstances in which entry to the scheme is restricted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51B Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 11: Administrative Functions of the Authority and notices ## 52 Publication of guidance and tariffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52A Provision of information to the Authority etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 Reporting obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Additional information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule A1: Content of RHI emission certificates ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Information required for accreditation and registration ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Provision of information in relation to the use of biomass in certain circumstances ## 1 Information to be provided to the Authority where biomass is used for combustion or production of biomethane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule NonBreakingSpace2A: Greenhouse gas criteria ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2B: Land criteria ### Part NonBreakingSpace1: Interpretation ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part NonBreakingSpace2: Land criteria for solid biomass which is wood or wholly derived from wood, excluding energy crops ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part NonBreakingSpace3: Land criteria for other solid biomass including energy crops ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3 Tariffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule NonBreakingSpace3A New tariffs for plants generating heat from solid biomass with a capacity of 1 MWth or above, ground source heat pumps and solar collectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule NonBreakingSpace3B New tariffs for new solid biomass CHP systems, deep geothermal energy, biogas combustion with a capacity of 200kWth and above and air source heat pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule NonBreakingSpace3C New biomethane tariffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule NonBreakingSpace3D New tariffs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4 Total expenditure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule NonBreakingSpace5: Expenditure in relation to individual technologies ## 1 Small biomass plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Medium biomass plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Large biomass plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Heat pumps (except air source heat pumps) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Plants using solar collectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Producers of biomethane for injection and plants which generate heat from biogas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 New biomass CHP systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Deep geothermal plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Air source heat pumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2860 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/renewable-heat-incentive-scheme-regulations-2011-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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