Please note this grant is currently closed for Applications
Conditions and Criteria
The following conditions will apply to applications (from 1 October 2011) for the NIE Household Heat Pump Programme:
This grant only applies to new applications in Northern Ireland from 1 October 2011 – grant funding will not be paid retrospectively.
Please note that these new arrangements apply to new customer applications only -householders who already have a grant offer letter from an existing NIE SMART programme grant are not eligible to apply.
The support available for households is:
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Detached dwelling Any other dwelling |
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Air source heat pump |
£1,860 |
£1,170 |
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Ground source heat pump |
£2,250 |
£1,410 |
Please note that these funding amounts mirror the proposed Renewable Heat Premium Payments and will only be available until a decision has been made by local Government on the Northern Ireland Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) or until funding has been exhausted. Once an announcement has been made about the RHI, this funding from NIE for heat pumps will be immediately withdrawn.
For more information about the RHI please log on to:
http://www.detini.gov.uk/the_development_of_the_northern_irelandrenewable_heat_incentive.pdf
Grant must be used to support the capital and installation costs of a heat pump system. As a general rule this includes only the equipment itself and related works specific to the functionality of that equipment.
All installations must be at a residential property located within Northern Ireland.
The funding support only applies to households in Northern Ireland.
The application form must be completed in full and signed by the applicant.
The applicant must complete the NIE application process for heat pumps – more information is available form the NIE website http://www.niegetconnected.co.uk/increasedsupply.php. NIE need to decide if, by installing a heat pump at your house, the electricity supply to your home (and others in your area) can cope with increased demand.
