Green Heat Network Fund: Schemes in Leeds, London, and Barnsley awarded £57m of funding

Stuart Stone
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Green Heat Network Fund: Schemes in Leeds, London, and Barnsley awarded £57m of funding

Newly funded projects to provide low carbon heat to 17,000 new homes and buildings, saving over 385,000 tonnes of CO2 in the process

Five green heat network projects across London, Leeds, and Barnsley have today been confirmed as the recipients of £57m in funding from the government's Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF). Leeds will be...

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