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<p>The Government has supported a number of measures and programmes to support the
production and use of renewable energy and infrastructure. The Government has committed
to making up to £557 million available for further Contracts for Difference auctions
to bring forward large-scale renewable projects and introduced the Smart Export Guarantee
in June, to ensure that generators are paid for excess energy they export back to
the grid from 2020.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 March, the Government announced the Offshore
Wind Sector Deal, which will build on the UK’s global leadership in offshore wind
and support the delivery of up to 30GW of offshore wind by 2030 in Great Britain;
enhancing growth in the regions while continuing to reduce costs. We are also investing
over £3 billion to support low-carbon innovation in the UK up to 2021, to ensure that
the UK continues to reap the benefits from the transition to a low carbon economy.
Previous schemes for renewable electricity include the Renewable Obligation and the
Feed-in Tariff Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Energy policy is devolved matter in Northern
Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to support the production and use
of renewable heat with the current Great Britain Renewable Heat Incentive. There is
a separate Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.The GB Renewable Heat
Incentive supports the installation of renewable heat equipment in every region of
Great Britain. To the end of June 2019, the RHI had supported 70,642 domestic, and
19,455 non-domestic installations.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has also launched
the Heat Networks Investment project (HNIP) - a major Government project which will
invest up to £320m of capital funding in heat network projects in England and Wales.
HNIP funds are specifically offered as ‘gap funding’ through a combination of grants
and loans and the scheme will be open for applications for a period of up to three
years.</p><p> </p><p>Previous schemes for renewable heat include Clear Skies, the
Low Carbon Building Programme, the Green Deal, and the Renewable Heat Premium Payment
scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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