LCBP2

Closed May 2010 - The Low Carbon Buildings Programme - Phase 2E (LCBP2E) is a Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) scheme offering grants for microgeneration installations by public sector and charitable organisations.

Grants are available for installations of up to a maximum of 300kW heat. Please note Phase 2 has closed to all new applications for grants for electrical microgeneration. Qualifying organisations can apply for 50% of the project cost of installing microgeneration technologies. Products and installers must be selected from the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS). In regards to products solar thermal collectors certificated under the Solar Keymark scheme may also be eligible. Biomass boilers and heat pumps between 45kW and 300kW listed on the Energy Technology List (part of the Enhanced Capital Allowance (ECA) Scheme may also be used. Also see section 4.

Qualifying organisations can apply for 50% of the project cost of installing microgeneration technologies. Grants are available for the purchase and installation of any combination of the following technologies, at one or more buildings within a site owned or leased by the applicant. For heat projects the limit has been amended to support larger scale heat projects up to 300kWth. For electricity generating technologies, the maximum limit for each installation is 50kW in line with the definitions of microgeneration stated in section 82 of the Energy Act 2004 (phase 2 has closed to new applications for electricity generating technologies as of 3rd February 2010).

* Solar thermal hot water

* Heat pumps

* Automated wood pellet stoves

* Wood fuelled boiler systems

* Solar photovoltaics (closed to new applications)

* Wind turbines (closed to new applications)

* Micro hydro turbines (closed to new applications)

The extended programme will continue to provide grant funding to charitable organisations, community groups and the public sector.

* The upper limit for heat technologies has been raised to 300kW.

* Organisations may apply for up to 50% of the cost of installing approved technologies up to a maximum of £200,000 (though maximum grant levels may depend on the nature of the organisation).

* There will be a £13 million pot for solar PV, which has been increased from originally £9m.

* All other technologies will benefit from the remaining £21 million.