By Peter Bennett | Solar Power Portal. 24 January 2014. After waiting four years for the introduction of the domestic RHI, solar thermal installers can’t be blamed for possessing a healthy dose of cynicism when it comes to the effectiveness of the world’s first renewable heat incentive. However, now that the majority of the details ahead of the scheme’s introduction have been fleshed out, a number of industry insiders are predicting a positive outlook for solar thermal in 2014. Paul Barwell, CEO of the Solar Trade Association (STA), explained to Solar Power Portal in the video below why the opportunity presented by the domestic RHI makes it an exciting time for the solar thermal market sector: The most pertinent question for renewable installers remains: can the domestic RHI do to solar thermal what the feed-in tariff did for solar PV? First of all, the current solar thermal market is disappointingly small. After installation rates more than doubled from 2008-2010, the number of solar thermal installations carried out in the UK has declined sharply. The current support mechanism, Renewable Heat Premium Payments (RHPP), has failed to stimulate any real significant demand. The latest figures published by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) reveal that from 1 April 2013 to 31 December 2013 just 1,063 RHPP vouchers were issued for solar thermal installs.
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