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<p>The estimated cost of support to renewable technologies burning wood for fuel under
three of the schemes in each of the last financial years is shown in the table to
the nearest million pounds (in nominal prices). Wood burning is not supported by any
technology eligible for support under the Feed-in Tariff scheme.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renewables
Obligation[1]</p></td><td><p>£441m</p></td><td><p>£678m</p></td><td><p>£853m</p></td><td><p>£767m</p></td><td><p>£520m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contracts
for Difference</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>£92m</p></td><td><p>£544m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Renewable
Heat Incentive[2]</p></td><td><p>£50m</p></td><td><p>£138m</p></td><td><p>£239m</p></td><td><p>£295m</p></td><td><p>£408m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>For the Renewables Obligation, information is not available on the value of
support specifically for renewable technologies burning wood. Therefore, the figures
provided are the support for technologies capable of burning wood, but other biomass
fuels may have been used. The figures for the Contracts for Difference reflect total
payments, including to biomass projects, made during the first two financial years
of the scheme’s operation and reported by the Low Carbon Contracts Company, the scheme
administrator, in its annual reports. Payments by technology type are not reported
separately. Wood fuel burning is subsidised under the Domestic RHI biomass tariff
and the Non-domestic tariffs for biomass and solid biomass CHP. This assumes all fuel
for CHP is wood, as it is not possible to disaggregate wood fuel for CHP. Other types
of solid biomass fuel are also eligible for RHI CHP support.</p><p> </p><p>[1] The
Renewables Obligation figures are based on Ofgem’s certificate report as at 23/08/2018
from their Renewables and CHP Register.</p><p>[2] The actual spend may be different,
due to delayed submission of meter readings.</p>
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