FOUNDERS of a group that sought to prevent the publication of RHI recipients are included in the newly released list of firms benefitting from the scheme.
The Renewable Heat Association of Northern Ireland (RHANI) had secured an interim court injunction in January preventing Stormont from naming its members who are RHI claimants.
It is also challenging in court plans to curb government subsidies paid out under the botched Renewable Heat Incentive scheme.
However, a list of more than 400 companies and organisations was released on Thursday after a judge ruled the Department for the Economy could publish the details.
RHI beneficiaries who applied under their own name, rather than a company name, are being withheld while data protection checks are completed.
Among the recipients listed is Castlewellan-based firm Alternative Heat. One of its directors Connel McMullan was a founder of RHANI. The firm has received more than £29,000 in RHI subsidies.
Another firm featured is R&S Biomass Equipment, which received more than £24,400 from its two RHI boilers.
David Robinson, who was involved in setting up RHANI, is a director of the Newtownstewart-based firm.
Former Ulster Farmers' Union president Harry Sinclair, from outside Draperstown in the foothills of the Sperrins, is also a member of RHANI.
His firm Glenvilla Ultimate Dryers, which was incorporated in June 2015, applied to the RHI scheme in October 2015 and has received almost £50,000 in subsidies for two boilers.
RHANI has stressed that the newly released list of RHI recipients should "not lead to an assumption by the public or the media that the participants are acting improperly in any way".
"Participants entered a scheme legitimately, which was designed and promoted by the government in Northern Ireland," it said.
