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<p>The Feed-In Tariffs scheme was introduced to support the widespread adoption of
proven small-scale low-carbon electricity generating technologies. The scheme was
intended to give the wider public a stake in the transition to a low-carbon economy
and in turn foster behavioural change that would support the development of local
supply chains and reductions in energy costs. To date the scheme has supported over
830,000 installations, or 6 GW of capacity.</p><p> </p><p>The Renewable Heat Incentive
(RHI) is the world’s first long-term financial support programme for renewable heat.
The RHI pays participants of the scheme that generate and use renewable heat, or that
provide green gas to the gas grid. Under the RHI, the Government has supported over
71,500 homes and over 19,500 businesses, schools, farms and other organisations to
install new low carbon heating systems, and these numbers continue to grow (in August
2019 there were over 1,100 domestic applications to participate in the scheme). We
estimate that by 2021 the RHI will have supported 21.4 terawatt hours of renewable
heat generation. This is equivalent to the annual gas consumption of over 1.6 million
households.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2020 the government is introducing a new Smart
Export Guarantee, which will ensure that homes and businesses who export their surplus
low carbon electricity to the grid can receive payment from their energy suppliers.</p>
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