The Scottish Government

Bioenergy Infrastructure Scheme

http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/acu/energy/infrastructure-booklet.pdf

FCS (in Scotland, on behalf of DEFRA).

Supply chain establishment

Designed to develop supply chain required to harvest, store, process and supply biomass; over £400,000 allocated so far; applies to both energy crops and wood fuel. Provides training, business establishment costs and plant capital costs. £200k limit per project.

Currently closed. An extra funding round in England was announced as part of the UK Climate Change Program in March.

Bioenergy Capital Grants Scheme

http://www.biglotteryfund.com/newsroom/release.aspx?prId=2064

DTI/ Big Lottery Fund

Heat/ CHP/electricity projects over a range of scale.

Provides funding towards capital costs of heat, CHP and electricity plant ( e.g. Lockerbie); First round made available £66 million.

New round of application opened recently specifically for small-scale biomass heat and CHP (£ 2 million total of funds not allocated under first round of scheme).

Scottish Community and Householders Renewables Initiative ( SCHRI)

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Business-Industry/infrastructure/19185/20805

Energy Saving Trust; Highlands and Islands Enterprise (funded by the Scottish Executive).

Community/ domestic scale renewable energy projects

Grant of 30% for capital costs and up to £4000 available to householders and up to £100,000 and 100% of costs for community groups, local authorities and schools.

Ongoing.

An independent review of the SCHRI has been completed recently and is informing the Scottish Executive's thinking on the scheme's future shape and funding.

Scottish Forestry Grants Scheme

http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/infd-5zgl3p

FCS

Establishment grant

Funds expansion of forestry and woodland; SRC Establishment grant of £1000 ha ^-1; also includes development of farm woodland for energy

Closes in August 2006 (although some strands have closed already - see http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/INFD-6NRM6U).

To be replaced by a new Land Management

Contract Scheme in 2007: see http://www.forestry.gov.uk/newsrele.nsf/WebPressReleases/B28462F84C64F59980257070003BAAB2

Farm business development scheme

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/News/Releases/2005/05/13160527

Scottish Executive

Rural diversification

Provides assistance towards farm income diversification; maximum of 50% funding available (up to £30,000); includes energy crop planting

Will close to new applicants at the end of 2006.

Highlands and Islands Woodfuel Development Programme

http://www.northernwoodheat.net/htm/news/Scotland/Elginbiomass/biomassprespdf/H&IWoodfuelDevelopmentProgramme.pdf

Forestry Commission, Highland and Islands Enterprise

Wood fuel supply development

Provides grants of up to 50% to wood fuel suppliers (equipment, storage facilities) and to end users

Closed to new applications.

Community Energy Programme

http://portal.est.org.uk/housingbuildings/funding/community/

Energy Savings Trust

Community heat

Offers support in the installation of community heating schemes or refurbishes existing schemes.

Closed to new applications.

Loan Action Scotland

http://www.energy-efficiency.org/howto/help/loan/index.html

Scottish Energy Efficiency Office

Small and medium enterprises wishing to improve energy efficiency

Provides interest free loans for energy efficient schemes, based on project payback criteria. Some biomass projects have received funding.

Ongoing.

Landfill Tax Credit Scheme

http://www.ltcs.org.uk/

ENTRUST

Pollution reduction and land reclamation

Encourages landfill operators to mitigate effects of landfill on local communities by providing them with a 90% tax credit against donations made to environmental bodies. Energy crops can meet the objectives of reclaiming land or reducing pollution on land.

Ongoing.

EU Intelligent Energy Programme

http://europa.eu.int/comm/energy/intelligent/index_en.html

EU

Transport, heat and electricity uses quality

Promotes energy efficiency ( SAVE projects) and the increased use of renewable energy resources ( ALTENER). Includes a component for sustainable energy in transport ( STEER).

Ongoing. Next call for proposals to be made in May 2006.

Enhanced Capital Allowances Scheme

http://www.eca.gov.uk

Defra, HM Revenue & Customs, administered by Carbon Trust

Business investment in emission reduction technologies

Encourages businesses to invest in low carbon technologies, including biomass boilers. Intension to extend to "clean" biofuel plant from 2007. Part of Climate Change Levy Programme.

Ongoing.

EUCAP Payment

http://www.defra.gov.uk/farm/acu/pdf/energy-crops-payment.pdf

EU

Energy crop establishment

Payment of €45 ha ^-1 for growing Short rotation coppice; maximum eleigible area of 1.5 million ha

Ongoing.

Biomass Heat Acceleration Project

http://www.thecarbontrust.co.uk/carbontrust/low_carbon_tech/dlct2_3_6.html

Carbon Trust

Reduce costs and address supply chain risks in the biomass energy market.

The project aims to work with existing and new sites to develop benchmarks from robust case studies, identify and demonstrate cost reductions, and raise awareness amongst end users and other stakeholders.

Launched April 2006.