PART 1Introductory provisions

Renewable heat incentive scheme3

1

These Regulations establish an incentive scheme to facilitate and encourage the renewable generation of heat and make provision regarding its administration.

2

Subject to Part 7 and regulation 24, the Authority must pay participants who are owners of accredited RHI installations payments, referred to in these Regulations as “periodic support payments”, for generating heat that is used in a building for any of the following purposes—

a

heating a space,

b

heating water,

c

for carrying out a process.

3

Subject to Part 7, the Authority must pay participants who are producers of biomethane for injection periodic support payments.