There is no suggestion any of the individuals who have benefited from the grant have broken any law or rule. Figures provided by their installers state that they generate income of ВЈ69,758 a year through the RHI вЂ“ thatвЂ™s ВЈ1,395,160 over 20 years in todayвЂ™s figures, though this will rise with inflation.Д«ased on their power ratings, the two boilers at Lord CokeвЂ™s Holkham Hall estate are likely to bring in ВЈ63,221.79 a year вЂ“ a figure that will rise with inflation, generating the equivalent of ВЈ1,264,435 over 20 years of RHI payments. Chatsworth, the home of the Duke of Devonshire, installed two boilers to heat its 300 rooms, as well as its garden, stables, shops and restaurants, in 2013. Large landowners have received substantial income as a result of the grant. Trevelyan split with her husband in 2019 and no longer lives in the family home. It is estimated the estate will receive a total of ВЈ400,000 in 2015 prices by 2035. Their boiler is powered by wood from the estate. OpenDemocracy have worked out using numbers from Ofgem based on how many boilers and the size of property that under the scheme they would probably have received just under ВЈ20,000 a year. In 2015, Trevelyan and her husband installed two biomass boilers, totalling 198KW capacity, on the family estate, Netherwitton Hall. Peter Geoghegan, editor-in-chief of openDemocracy, said: вЂњAt a time when energy prices are skyrocketing and millions are struggling with the cost of living crisis, we have found that an obscure heating scheme of dubious quality is costing billions вЂ“ and that Conservative MPs, and even a government minister, have been benefiting.вЂќ They also include the Duke of Devonshire, Peregrine Cavendish and Thomas Coke, Earl of Leicester. These include the international trade minister, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Philip Dunne MP, who chairs the environment audit committee, and Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP, who chaired the select committee hearing on the British RHI scheme. Currently, 22,000 businesses have signed up to the RHI, which is forecast to cost ВЈ23bn by 2042.ДЄn investigation by Open Democracy has now found that a number of wealthy landowners and MPs are among the beneficiaries of the subsidy. The NAO also raised concerns about the policing of the system and the risk that it might be gamed.

But concerns were raised by the National Audit Office, which concluded that although the schemes had good potential to reduce the UKвЂ™s carbon footprint, вЂњthe department has not achieved value for moneyвЂќ.

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