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<p>The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) compares favourably to other ways of saving
carbon or generating renewable energy across the economy, contributes to our renewable
targets, and plays a significant role in supporting supply chains in the renewable
heating industry.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial
Strategy (BEIS), and prior to BEIS, the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
has made regular assessments of value for money in the RHI subsidy mechanism. The
latest scheme Impact Assessment was made in February 2018 and is available on GOV.UK.</p><p>
</p><p>The RHI was reformed in 2017 and 2018 to focus on long-term decarbonisation,
improve consumer protection, support supply chain growth and improve value for money
for the taxpayer. These reforms included setting maximum heat demand limits for biomass,
air source and ground source heat pumps in the Domestic RHI, removing wood drying
as an eligible heat use for the Non-domestic scheme and giving Ofgem greater enforcement
powers.</p>
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