The HPA (Heat Pump Association) has welcomed the extension to the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) which includes air source heat pumps as well as increased support for ground source heat pumps.

“This is a clear demonstration of the commitment and resolve of Trade Associations including the HPA to work with DECC for the continued development and extension of the RHI schemes, in this particular case  Non-Domestic,” said Tony Bowen, president of the HPA. “We shall continue our work post launch with both DECC and OFGEM to further extend and improve both the Domestic & Non-Domestic schemes”.

It is widely thought that this long awaited extension (“Phase2”) to the non-domestic scheme  should go some way to help to re-dress the imbalance in the scheme whereby biomass dominates the small and medium sectors and, as a result, has had tariff reductions for new entrants applied several times since initial scheme launch in November 2012.