Smart Export Guarantee Scheme
The Smart Export Guarantee (SEG) is designed to ensure small-scale generators are paid for the renewable electricity they export to the national grid. You may be eligible to apply if you have one of the following:
- solar PV panels
- a wind turbine
- hydro
- anaerobic digestion
- micro combined heat and power (micro-CHP)
Boiler Upgrade Scheme
The government is offering grants to homeowners to install low carbon heating systems such as heat pumps, through the Boiler Upgrade Scheme. These grants can help with the upfront cost of low carbon heating technologies.
The scheme is open to domestic and small non-domestic properties in England and Wales.
You can get:
- £7,500 towards an air source heat pump (sometimes called an air-to-water heat pump)
- £7,500 towards a ground source heat pump (including water source heat pumps and those on shared ground loops)
- £5,000 towards a biomass boiler
- £2,500 towards an air-to-air heat pump.
Action on Energy
Action on Energy is a partnership of councils in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, including South Cambridgeshire District Council, that provides communities with advice and support for improving home energy efficiency.
You can find more information and check eligibility requirements on the Action on Energy Website.