Grants for renewables

UK wide

The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform's (BERR) low carbon buildings programme provides grants for householders.

Grants are available for microgeneration technologies including: solar photovoltaic, wind turbines, small scale hydro, solar water heating, heat pumps and bioenergy. The programme will also fund renewable CHP, micro CHP and fuel cells.

Please see the low carbon buildings programme website for more information.

Scotland

The Scottish Community Householder Renewables Initiative (SCHRI ) provides grants for properties in Scotland. This is funded by the Scottish Executive and managed by the Energy Saving Trust.

Grants are available for solar water heating, solar thermal space heating, small scale wind and hydro systems, ground source heat pumps and biomass. Funding for householders is set at 30% of the installed cost up to £4,000.

If you live in Scotland you can choose to have a SCHRI or a low carbon buildings programme grant. However, you can only apply for one grant per technology from either of these programmes. You cannot have a grant from both programmes for one technology.

Please see the SCHRI website for more information or call the SCHRI Hotline on 0800 138 8858.

Northern Ireland

The Environment and Renewable Energy Fund provides renewable energy grants for householders in Northern Ireland.

Before installing any renewable energy technology it is important to make sure that you're using energy as efficiently as possible by taking measures to minimise your energy needs. You'll then need to use less renewable energy, saving you even more.

Why not complete a home energy check to help you decide on the best energy saving measures for your home? You may even be entitled to a grant or offer to help pay for these.