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Price-based mechanisms (SSRH)

  1. Abbreviated form of legal source(s)

    SSRH

  2. Description of support scheme

    SSRH, apart from a subsidy, can provide an operational support for biomass/biogas installations owned by commercial, industrial, agricultural, district heating or other non-domestic heat users not in the Emission Trading System sector, who feed the produced heat into the grid.

  3. Amount

    The amount of support varies.
    • For biomass systems
    o 300 MWh/y: EUR 5.66ct/ kWhth
    o 300- 1,000 MWh/y: EUR 3.02ct/ kWhth
    o 1,000- 10,000 MWh/y: EUR 0.5ct/ kWhth
    o 10,000- 50,000 MWh/y: EUR 0.37ct/ kWhth
    • For biogas systems
    o 1,000 MWh/y: EUR 2.95ct/ kWh
    o 1,000- 2,400 MWh/y: EUR 0.5ct/ kWh (ch.4.1.4 SSRH).

  4. Addressees

    Commercial, industrial, agricultural, district heating or other non-domestic heat users not in the Emission Trading System sector are eligible for the subsidy (ch. 6 SSRH).

  5. Procedure

    Interested applicants submit their application online. SEAI examines the application and issues a Letter of Offer and a Grant Agreement. The applicant carries on the necessary works and upon completion, the SEAI is informed. After verification, the grant is paid off to the applicant (ch. 6 SSRH).

  6. Competent authority

    SSRH

  7. Technologies

    Aerothermal
    Hydrothermal
    Biogas

    Minimum seasonal efficiency of 90% (ch. 8.4 SSRH).

    Biomass

    Minimum energy efficiency standards: 75% for boiler capacity ≤ 20kW and 77% for boiler capacity > 20kW (ch. 8.3 SSRH)

    Geothermal energy
    Solar Thermal