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<p>The Department engages regularly with the Department for Environment, Food and
Rural Affairs, at both ministerial and official level, on the interests of British
Farming on a range of issues. This includes the biogas and biomethane technologies
included under the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). <br> <br> The RHI has funding confirmed
for new deployment of renewable heat technologies until 31 March 2021. The Budget
on 11 March confirmed a new allocation of flexible tariff guarantees on the non-domestic
RHI and announced a new support scheme for biomethane production to increase the proportion
of green gas in the grid, funded by a Green Gas Levy.</p><p>We are planning to publish
a Heat and Building Strategy later this year, which will set out the immediate actions
we will take for reducing emissions from buildings and an ambitious programme of work
required to enable key strategic decisions to set us on a path to Net Zero by 2050.
We are currently developing policies to deliver low carbon heating in the 2020s and
meet our climate targets which we will consult on with a wider range of stakeholders
including British Farmers.</p>
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