Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme
(asked on 11th May 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether, in pursuit of their Net Zero strategy, they will enquire into the relationship between the price obtainable for newly cut timber in the UK, and that paid for wood pellets under their Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme.
Answered by
Lord Callanan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
This question was answered on 24th May 2023
The Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme pays for heat generated by participants. It does not pay for the supply of wood.