The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (England and Wales) Regulations 2022

Requirements for biomass boilers

10.—(1) A biomass boiler meets the requirements in this paragraph where—

(a) no part of the biomass boiler which generates heat was used before the plant is first commissioned,

(b) it has a capacity of no more than 45 kilowatt thermal,

(c) it meets the requirements set out in the standards for biomass boilers approved by the Secretary of State under regulation 4(1)(d) which are applicable when the plant was first commissioned,

(d) an emissions certificate that meets the requirements set out in Schedule 1 (requirements for emissions certificates)—

(i) has been issued for the plant,

(ii) has been issued for a plant of the same make, model and installation capacity as the plant, or

(iii) specifies the plant as being in the same type-testing range as a plant for which an emissions certificate has been issued (see paragraph 1(m) of Schedule 1).

(2) A biomass boiler meets the suitability criteria in relation to the eligible property, or a property where regulation 14(1)(b) applies, in which it is installed where—

(a) it provides heating—

(i) solely to that property, or to both that property and any related property, and

(ii) for the purpose of space heating and hot water heating, using liquid as a medium for delivering that heat,

(b) it is capable of meeting the full space heating and hot water heating demands of that property, and

(c) it replaces the heat generating components of the original heating system installed in the eligible property (where applicable), other than any—

(i) supplementary electric heater, including any immersion heater,

(ii) circulation pump, or

(iii) solar thermal collector.