Wind Turbine Grants
Find the right Renewable Energy Grant for you
There are many grants available out there if you know where to look. We can assist in your hunt for a grant as we have extensive knowledge in local and national grant schemes. Please contact us if you wish to know about the various grants that are available to you.
Interest free loan
The Carbon Trust offer unsecured interest free loans to SME’s of between £3k and £400k.
Tel 0800 085 2005. or www.carbontrust.co.uk - their advisers are very helpful.
Log on to www.greengrantsmachine.co.uk for potential sources of grant aid and other tips on how businesses can go green.
Grant Aid – for community groups
Here are some sources, there are others.
LCBP Phase 2 (same contact no’s as for domestic grants above). Applicable across the whole of the UK. A new round of grant aid started July ’09. For further information log on to www.lowcarbonbuildingsphase2.org.uk
BIG Lottery funding has a category called the Community Sustainable Energy Programme (CSEP). This fund offers £50k or 50% whichever is the lower for capital grants and £5k or 75%, again whichever is lower, for funding a feasibility study. We may be able to direct you to an independent consultant who specialises in working with community groups developing projects and sourcing funding and whose time can possibly be funded through the fund. Check the website: - www.communitysustainable.org.uk or email info@communitysustainable.org.uk. Expected to be available until 2011.
Landfill Tax – available for community projects within a 10mile radius of a landfill site contact – www.entrust.org.uk or telephone 0161 972 0044 and ask for help.
Local community groups and not for profit organisations (examples include schools, wildlife parks, and charities) located in England, Scotland and Wales that wish to implement sustainable energy projects in their buildings have the opportunity to apply for grants of up to £30,000 through the E.ON Source Fund. Projects that can be considered for funding include the purchase and installation of one or more renewable energy technologies (e.g. wind, solar thermal, PV, wood etc); the renovation of existing facilities to incorporate micro-generation technology; an energy efficiency makeover for building that could demonstrate significant energy savings and also behavioural change amongst users; the use of new or innovative technology to deliver either energy savings or micro-generation capacity; projects which can demonstrate the intelligent use of waste energy (e.g. a district heating system that uses waste heat from one building to heat or power another). The funding package for 2009 is being put together now. http://www.eon-uk.com/about/2654.aspx
If you are in the northwest region of England there is a new fund, FOUNDATION, www.foundation.climatefund.org.uk, administered by Groundwork. There may be other similar grant funds in other regions.
The Co-operative Groups have the Green Energy for Schools Scheme - www.co-operative.coop
Grant Aid – for domestic installations
The DTi’s Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP) grant scheme is applicable to the whole of the UK. The grant is £1,000 per kW of installed capacity, subject to an overall maximum of £2,500 or 30% of the relevant eligible costs, whichever is the lower. Telephone LCBP on 0800 9157722 or www.lowcarbonbuildings.org.uk. Grant is allocated on a first come first served basis.
For those who live in Scotland there is a choice. Either apply to LCBP or to the Energy Saving Scotland Home Renewables Grants formerly known as the SCOTTISH COMMUNITY AND HOUSEHOLD RENEWABLES INITIATIVE (SCHRI) which offers 30% of the installation costs to a maximum of £4,000. Contact them on 0800 512 012 or via www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/homerenewables
Northern Ireland please contact Action Renewables for the most up to date information, telephone number 0800 0234077 or via web site www.actionrenewables.org.
We have just heard that from October 2009 EST, Scotland is able to offer loans to householders in Scotland for the installation of renewable energy technologies. This is good news and the loan can be used in conjunction with the LCBP grant. Go to: -
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/scotland/Scotland-Welcome-page/At-Home/Grants-and-offers/Energy-Saving-Scotland-home-loans
There appears not be the same offer available in the rest of the UK. It may be worth contacting the local council as they have local incentives.
Grant Aid. - for businesses
England and Wales - Ask your local council authority, Business Link and Regional Development Agency (RDA) about local or regional incentives. The RDA can tell you about the new Rural Development Programme for England which has grants available for renewable energy. Different RDA’s offer grant to different business sectors, usually farms and other rural businesses. Check to see if your business is eligible. If you need help finding the correct contact come back to us.
Scotland –The Scottish Rural Development Programme may offer grant aid for farmers and rural businesses for renewable energy systems, check their website to find your local contact or telephone 08457 741 741. Also contact your local council.
Northern Ireland contact Invest N.I. on 02890 698 851