Grants for Energy saving?
Your Ideal Home

I heard about this over the weekend and would like to know if anyone has got these and what they are for? In general it appears that you can get a grant if you are going to use energy saving servcices in your home. Such as wood pellets - solar etc. Good idea but is it worth the hastle? Richard www.furniture.ie

These grants are a very positive move... especially if you can include the cost of the new system in your original housing cost/mortgage it is an extremly cost effective and environmentally friendly.

Full details available here.
<a href="http://www.sei.ie/greenerhomes">Energy Grant</a>

The interest in the Greener Homes Scheme has been very encouraging so far. In the eight-week period since the scheme was launched Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) has received 2,500 applications for grant aid, with 1,275 applications for heat pumps, 725 applications for wood chip and wood pellet boilers and stoves and 500 applications for solar panels.

[b]Greener Homes Scheme - Grant aid available for Renewable Heat Technologies.[/b]
Technology Grant amounts

Wood Chip or Pellet Boilers €4200
Wood Chip or Pellet Stoves €1100
Wood Chip or Pellet Stoves with Back boiler €1800

Heat Pump - Horizontal Ground Collector €4300
Heat Pump – Vertical Collector €6500
Heat Pump – Water (well) to water €4300
Heat Pump – Air source €4000

Solar (per m2 to a max of Bottom of Form 1

12m2) €300

We are currently renovated our heating system how do I go about appling for this grant? Does anymuch is it for a wood pellet heating system how much does the grant cover Thanks

Hi Annabell, Visit this link should have the necessary information there http://www.sei.ie/index.asp?locID=756&docID=-1 Thanks, Richard Moyles www.furniture.ie

Thanks Do you have any idea how much one of these pellet boilers cost?

Some options on prices from
<a href="http://www.kbf.ie/kbf/hp.htm">Kerry Bio Fuels</a>

All depends on your own specifications

...prices from € 4,486 inc vat for a complete system (boiler, burner, auger feed system and 200kg hopper),

Wood pellets from only € 195.00 per tonne

[b]Some Product links[/b]
http://www.kbf.ie/nordic/opop.htm
http://www.primeenergysolutions.ie/domestic.php
http://www.renewableheating.com/wood_pellet_stoves.htm

The equipment cost is approximately twice that for oil or gas, bulk wood fuel can be delivered at approximately 1.5c/kWh for chip and 3.0c/kWh for pellets.
This compares to 4.6c/kWh for heating oil and over 5.0cent/kWh for LPG.

<a href="http://www.sustainabledevelopments.ie/content/section/2/magazine?id_content=386&amp;WOOD+FUELLED+HEATING+SYSTEMS&amp;id_parent=384">Source</a>

With this rise for 2007 surely we are getting to a point where more renewable will become viable. Are these ESB rises justified?

I believe that these rates rises are unjustified. The regulator says that the ESB cannot absorb the cost of increased fuel. How much is this rate rise going to take out of the economy? I believe it will have a far greater effect. Gradually disposable incomes in Ireland are being reduced, it will impact on spending and the economy as a whole. Richard