Grants for Welsh SME businesses and community groups installing wood fuelled heating systems; plus support for setting up clean wood fuel supply businesses in Wales.
The Wood Energy Business Scheme (WEBS) is a £17 million pound capital grant scheme. It draws down its funding from European ERDF funds via the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO), and will run until 2013. The funding is made up of £7.9 million pounds of ERDF funding; the remainder will be from various match funding sources.
This is a pan Wales project, although different levels of support apply in the Convergence and Competitiveness areas of Wales
Its prime aim is to provide capital grant support to micro-businesses, SMEs and social enterprises to further develop the sustainable and renewable wood heat market across Wales.
Three types of project are eligible for grant support:
- Wood fuel heating systems
- Small scale electricity generation using wood - Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
- Wood fuel supply businesses - Enabling high quality equipment and fuel supply chains to be developed.
Please find two links below - one Welsh, one English - to Guidance Notes for applicants. These will enable you to evaluate if you are eligible for a WEBS grant.
Guidance Notes for Applicants
Nodiadau Canllaw I Ymgeiswyr
Then express your interest in applying for support by completing this form. Once complete, return the form to webs@forestry.gsi.gov.uk
In addition, WEBS plans to assist micro-businesses, SMEs and social enterprises to:
- Increase energy efficiency through general advice giving
- Build skills and experience in the installation and maintenance of wood fuel heat and power technology
- Develop new products e.g. new heating boilers or energy supply services.
Email your details to paul.morgan@forestry.gsi.gov.uk indicating you’re area of interest and we will send you information as details of this support become available.
