Neath Port Talbot Council is to deliver a £1.7m project to install first-time oil central heating plus energy saving measures into 200 “fuel poor” rural homes unable to access gas supplies in the County Borough.
Funding of £1.1m towards the scheme has come from the Warm Homes Fund (WHF), established by National Grid and administered by community interest company Affordable Warmth Solutions which helps address some of the issues affecting the estimated four million fuel poor households in the UK.
A household is considered fuel poor if it spends more than 10% of household income on energy and if more than 20% of household income goes on energy bills they are deemed to be in extreme fuel poverty.
Jeremy Nesbitt, Managing Director of Affordable Warmth Solutions, said: “We are excited about this investment from National Grid. Solving the issues associated with Fuel Poverty continues to challenge many of our stakeholders and the feedback we’ve already received provides evidence of how the Warm Homes Fund will make a positive difference to thousands of homes throughout Great Britain.”
The homes which can qualify for grants in the Neath Port Talbot scheme will currently be heated by solid fuel, electric storage heaters or Gas fires - expensive forms of heating which force many families to spend more than they need to on energy.
The aim is to target households and houses with the lowest energy efficiency ratings. These properties will be prioritised along with households that have elderly vulnerable or disabled people living in them.
To qualify for a grant under the scheme your property must be approximately 2km or more from a mains gas supply.
To confirm you are applying for this grant please ensure you speak to a member of staff from Neath Port Talbot Council as there could be other companies and organisations delivering similar grants but they may ask you to make a payment.
The grant offered by Neath Port Talbot Council however is free to home owners and private rented tenants though private landlords will be required to pay a 25% contribution towards the cost of the works. The Council will not be able to offer a grant to tenants of Registered Social Landlords.
If you are interested in applying for one of the grants please complete the questionnaire form which can be downloaded here https://www.npt.gov.uk/17107 by either completing it online and returning or printing it off and returning it to NPTCBC, King Edward House, 110 London Road, Neath SA11 1HL or email to renewalarea@npt.gov.uk If you would like more information on the scheme or obtaining a form you can contact the team on 01639 686440.
Our objective is to increase comfort for households and give them a more affordable and manageable heating system, lowering bills and enabling households to keep warm for less
If you express an interest and are eligible for the grant our team will visit you to go through your options, we will offer advice on ways to save energy and look at other energy saving measures for your home such as loft insulation, draft proofing, we will also look to identify other funding sources to install further energy saving measures where possible.
We will also be working in partnership with Cardiff University and Swansea Bay City deal ‘Homes as Power Stations’ to pilot a retrofit scheme to deliver solar energy along with battery storage facilities for energy generated by the solar Panels and a combination oil / air source heating system, thereby reducing the household energy bill quite dramatically.
Neath Port Talbot Council’s Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Sustainable Development, Cllr Annette Wingrave said: “We are delighted to be involved in this project which is designed to make a really positive difference to 200 households currently in fuel poverty.”
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Y cyngor a'r Cartrefi Cynnes yn rhan o gynllun gwerth i helpu cartrefi sy'n dlawd o ran tanwydd
Bydd Cyngor Castell-nedd Port Talbot yn cyflwyno prosiect gwerth £1.7m i osod gwres canolog olew a mesurau arbed ynni i 200 o gartrefi gwledig sy'n "dlawd o ran tanwydd" na allant gael mynediad at gyflenwadau nwy yn y fwrdeistref sirol.
Daeth gwerth £1.1m o gyllid ar gyfer y cynllun o'r Gronfa Cartrefi Cynnes (CCC)a sefydlwyd gan y Grid Cenedlaethol ac a weinyddir gan y cwmni budd cymunedol, Affordable Warmth Solutions, sy'n helpu i fynd i'r afael â rhai o'r problemau sy'n effeithio ar oddeutu pedair miliwn o aelwydydd sy'n dlawd o ran tanwydd yn y DU.
Ystyrir bod aelwyd yn dlawd o ran tanwydd os yw'n gwario mwy na 10% o incwm y cartref ar ynni ac os yw mwy nag 20% o incwm y cartref yn cael ei wario ar filiau ynni, ystyrir ei bod mewn tlodi tanwydd eithafol
Meddai Jeremy Nesbitt, Rheolwr-gyfarwyddwr Affordable Warmth Solutions, "Rydym yn gyffrous iawn am y buddsoddiad hwn gan y Grid Cenedlaethol. Mae datrys problemau sy'n gysylltiedig â thlodi tanwydd yn parhau i herio llawer o'n rhanddeiliaid ac mae'r adborth rydym eisoes wedi'i dderbyn yn dystiolaeth o sut bydd y Gronfa Cartrefi Cynnes yn gwneud gwahaniaeth cadarnhaol i filoedd o gartrefi ledled Prydain Fawr.
Mae'r cartrefi a all fod yn gymwys ar gyfer grantiau yng nghynllun Castell-nedd Port Talbot yn cael eu gwresogi ar hyn o bryd gan danwydd solet, stôr-wresogyddion trydan neu danau nwy - dulliau gwresogi drud a all orfodi llawer o deuluoedd i wario mwy nag y mae angen iddynt ar danwydd.
Y nod yw targedu aelwydydd a chartrefi â'r sgorau effeithlonrwydd ynni isaf. Caiff yr aelwydydd hyn eu blaenoriaethu ynghyd ag aelwydydd lle mae pobl hyn, diamddiffyn neu anabl yn byw.
I fod yn gymwys ar gyfer grant dan y cynllun, rhaid bod eich eiddo tua 2km neu fwy o brif gyflenwad nwy.
I gadarnhau eich bod yn cyflwyno cais am y grant hwn, gwnewch yn siwr eich bod yn siarad ag aelod o staff Cyngor Castell-nedd Port Talbot oherwydd gallai fod cwmnïau a sefydliadau eraill yn cyflwyno grantiau tebyg, ond byddant yn gofyn i chi dalu.
Mae'r grant a gynigir gan Gyngor Castell-nedd Port Talbot fodd bynnag am ddim i berchnogion tai a thenantiaid rhentu preifat er y bydd gofyn i landlordiaid preifat dalu cyfraniad o 25% tuag at gost y gwaith. Ni fydd y cyngor yn gallu cynnig grant i denantiaid Landlordiaid Cymdeithasol Cofrestredig.
Os oes gennych ddiddordeb mewn cyflwyno cais am un o'r grantiau, cwblhewch y ffurflen y gellir ei lawrlwytho yma (dolen) drwy ei chwblhau ar-lein a'i dychwelyd neu ei hargraffu a'i dychwelyd i CBSCNPT, King Edward House, 110 Heol Llundain, Castell-nedd SA11 1HL neu e-bostiwch renewalarea@npt.gov.uk. Os hoffech gael rhagor o wybodaeth am y cynllun neu sut i gael ffurflen, gallwch ffonio'r tîm ar 01639 686440.
Ein nod yw cynyddu cysur i aelwydydd a rhoi system wresogi fwy fforddiadwy a hylaw iddynt, lleihau biliau a galluogi aelwydydd i gadw'n gynnes am lai o arian.
Os ydych yn mynegi diddordeb ac yn gymwys ar gyfer grant, bydd ein tîm yn ymweld â chi i drafod eich opsiynau. Byddwn yn cynnig cyngor ar ffyrdd o arbed ynni ac yn edrych ar fesurau arbed ynni eraill i'ch cartref megis inswleiddio'r croglofft a dulliau atal drafftiau. Byddwn hefyd yn ceisio nodi ffynonellau arian eraill i osod mwy o fesurau arbed ynni eraill lle bynnag y bo modd.
Byddwn hefyd yn gweithio mewn partneriaeth â Phrifysgol Caerdydd a 'Chartrefi fel Gorsafoedd Pwer' Bargen Ddinesig Bae Abertawe i dreialu cynllun ôl-osod i gyflwyno ynni solar ynghyd â chyfleusterau storio batris ar gyfer ynni a gynhyrchir gan y paneli solar a system wresogi ffynhonnell olew/aer gyfunol, a thrwy hynny, leihau biliau ynni cartref yn sylweddol.
Meddai Arweinydd Cyngor Castell-nedd Port Talbot, y Cynghorydd Rob Jones, "Rydym yn falch o fod yn rhan o'r prosiect hwn â'r nod o wneud gwahaniaeth cadarnhaol gwirioneddol i 200 o aelwydydd sy'n profi tlodi tanwydd ar hyn o bryd."
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