Welsh low carbon heat networks clinch £8m government funding boost

Cecilia Keating
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Cardiff and Bridgend are the first councils in Wales to be awarded funding from the government’s £320m HNIP scheme to accelerate the development of district heating networks

Plans to develop heat networks in Cardiff and Bridgend took a major step forward today, after being awarded £8m from the government's Heat Network Investment Project (HNIP) fund. The district heating...

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