The Farmers Mart Apr/May 2014 - Issue 33 | Page 55

YORK AUCTION MART

Farming Sector Leads the Adoption
of Renewable Heat Technologies
It’s now over two years since the
non-domestic Renewable Heat
Incentive (“RHI”) was introduced.
The incentives, which are paid
for twenty years and are indexlinked to inflation, are designed to
encourage business and property
owners to generate heat using green
technologies such as biomass boilers
and heat pumps rather than from
traditional systems that burn fossil
fuels.
According to the latest quarterly
OFGEM statistics, almost 30% of all RHI
accreditations were in the Agricultural
sector proving that the farming community
is leading the adoption of renewable heat
technologies in the same they it embraced
solar and wind.
Of the 3,769 accredited RHI
installations, 93% were biomass boiler
compared to 3% for heat pumps and 3%
for solar thermal.

For Duncan Renewables, the Yorkshirebased Biomass Installer of the Year 2013,
there was never any doubt as to which
technology would spearhead the transition
to renewable heating. According to
Managing Director, Stuart Duncan, the
key advantages of biomass over rival
technologies are:
• the ease by which systems are retrofitted
into existing buildings or heating
processes;
• the proven, reliable nature of the
technology; and
• its ability to meet heating and hot
water requirements even in the coldest
conditions.
The farming sector in particular has
rushed to adopt biomass due to farm
locations typically being off the gas grid
where the only means of heating are often
LPG and oil, both of which are relatively
expensive compared to wood pellets or
wood chips.

Duncan Renewables have a large range
of farming case studies including broiler
chicken producers, dairy farmers and
farmhouses with holiday cottages or
rented units.

‘since 2010 the company
has also installed more
than 10MWs of solar PV’
Since 2010 the company has also
installed more than 10MWs of solar PV
which continues to be one of the most
active sectors as the benefits of solar
in the UK become more proven. The
availability of finance is extremely good as
lenders also become more comfortable
with renewables.
For further information on renewable
technologies and visit
www.duncanrenewables.co.uk.

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Now’s the time to GO GREEN
With Feed-in Tariffs, Renewable Heat Incentives and
Green Deal Financing now available, there really has
never been a better time to invest in solar and biomass.
Duncan Renewables is one of the UK’s leading suppliers
and installers of renewable technologies to both
commercial and domestic users. Visit