The UK Government has announced the world's firs renewable heat incentive (RHI) for green products, which is set to provide up to 860 million pounds to promote the use and installation of green heat technologies including solar thermal heat systems and biomass boilers. The goal is to increase the number of industrial, commercial and public sector installations by seven times by 2020 and introduce a full system of RHI payments to households in October 2012. This is expected to strengthen national security by reducing dependence on fossil fuel heating and emissions.
In addition, it should positively impact the environment by significantly reducing carbon emissions, by an estimated 44 million tons by 2020. Because carbon-based heating sources account for around half of all the UK's carbon emissions, moving toward more sustainable options will make a significant improvement over time.
