Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative (SCHRI)

SCHRI is funded by the Scottish Government and provides funding to householders and advice and funding to communities. The household stream is managed by the Energy Saving Trust and the community stream is jointly managed by the Energy Saving Trust and Highlands and Islands Community Energy Company (HICEC).

The objectives of SCHRI are:

- To support the development of community scale renewable projects
- To support the installation of household renewables
- To raise awareness of renewable technologies and their benefits to Scotland
- To provide support to the renewables industry

Community Stream : SCHRI provides grants of up to £100,000 for communities and has a network of development officers who can provide support and advice to the communities throughout the installation process. For your local development officer's contact details follow the link: http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/schri/community/advice.cfm

Household Stream : SCHRI provides grants to householders of up to 30% of the costs to a maximum of £4,000. The installer and product must be accredited.

The technologies available for funding are:

- solar photovoltaic *
- micro hydro-electric
- micro wind
- solar water heating
- solar space heating
- automated wood fuel heating systems (boilers and room heaters/stoves)
- heat pumps (ground, air and water source)
- connections to the Lerwick District Heating Network

You can get further advice from our dedicated hotline number on 0800 138 8858 or download an application pack.

*Solar photovoltaic funding is available for the household stream of SCHRI only from 4th June 2008. Please phone 0800 138 8858 or email schri@est.org.uk to request an application pack when applying for solar photovoltaic. Please include postal address if applying by email.