Green heat networks: Over 30 schemes secure £2.7m in government funding

Stuart Stone
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ClwydAlyn Housing heat networks will receive funding under the latest HNES round - Credit: Gemserv
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ClwydAlyn Housing heat networks will receive funding under the latest HNES round - Credit: Gemserv

Local authority, housing association, health, and education sector projects awarded funds under government's Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES)

More than 30 projects in England and Wales are to share £2.7m in funding through the sixth round of the government's Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES). The latest funding awards - which were confirmed...

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