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22-11-11

HHP Awarded Share of £4 Million DECC Green Heating Systems Fund

The Hebridean Housing Partnership (HHP) is delighted with the announcement by the Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) that HHP is one of twenty four social housing providers across the UK to have been awarded a share of the £4 million fund to install green heating systems in the houses of their tenants.

There were 125 bids submitted. HHP received the highest level of award - £175K. The Energy & Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said:

“This scheme directly targets many of the people who could struggle to pay their heating bills in the winter and I am pleased so many in the social housing organisations across the country will be able to get a share of the cash. It will encourage an increase in the number of new heating technologies in social housing and help and help people deal with expensive fuel costs.”

Commenting on the award, the Chairman of HHP, George Lonie, said that the grant was a welcome boost to HHP’s goal of reducing the level of fuel poverty being experienced by tenants.

The bids were evaluated by a panel of experts including the Scottish and Welsh Governments, Energy Savings Trust and DECC representatives.

The full details of the award can be found on the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) website