Stream 2A – medium scale
Stream 2A of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme was aimed at medium scale installations. Public sector organisations, businesses, SMEs and community groups were all eligible to apply for a grant of up to £100,000 or 40% (50% for SMEs) of the eligible costs of installing microgeneration technologies.
Grants under this stream were allocated over five funding rounds on a competitive basis; applications could be made for any of the following technologies;
- Solar photovaltaics (PV)
- Wind turbines
- Small scale hydro
- Solar thermal hot water
- Ground/water/air source heat pumps
- Wood fuelled heating (principally wood fuelled (biomass) boilers with or without CHP but not including wood fuelled by municipal solid waste or CHP fired using natural gas
As with the householder stream certified installers and products had to be used.
Grants were available for projects across the UK, excluding the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
Please note this stream is now closed for new applications.