The Renewable Heat Premium Payments scheme has been launched by the Department of Energy & Climate Change which offers one-off payments to householders.
It is planned to expand the scheme next year when the Green Deal will come into effect.
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Councillor Brian Wilcox, Herefordshire Council's cabinet member for environment, housing and planning, said: "It is important that people considering installing these technologies know grants are available and apply for them. The government will be using this scheme to gauge public opinion and also see which technologies perform best.
"The scheme offers various payments to households in order to assist with the capital cost of installing such technologies and greater payments are available for households that are not connected to the gas mains, which is particularly relevant in Herefordshire."
The only condition of the scheme is that homes must have basic energy efficiency measures such as loft insulation and cavity wall insulation installed.
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