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<p>Biomass Boilers supported under the RHI scheme must meet strict air quality and
feedstock sustainability rules. The air quality requirements ensure applicants for
both RHI schemes with a biomass boiler (including Combined Heat and Power) will need
to have emissions levels no higher than 30 grams per gigajoule (g/GJ) net heat input
for particulate matter (PM) and 150g/GJ for oxides of nitrogen (NOx), which are the
two main pollutants.</p><p>In the Clean Air Strategy, the Government committed to
consult on removing Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme support for new biomass installations
in urban areas which are on the gas grid. The Government published the consultation
<a href="https://beisgovuk.citizenspace.com/heat/rhi-biomass-combustion-in-urban-areas/"
target="_blank">Renewable Heat Incentive: Biomass Combustion in Urban Areas</a> in
May 2018, seeking views on a number of proposals including the removal of RHI support
for some or all new biomass boilers in urban areas, imposing geographical restrictions
on biogas combustion and introducing regular maintenance checks on existing biomass
boilers under the RHI. The consultation also contains an assessment of the impacts
of this policy change. We will be publishing a government response to this consultation
shortly.</p>
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