Heat networks can slash CO2 and boost investment - here's how

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If the government's motto is 'invest, invest, invest', there are few better ways to go than heat networks, writes Freddie Wilkinson from the Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE)

The UK's ambitious new emissions targets are a welcome sign of the government's intent to reclaim the mantle of global climate leadership. Decarbonising Great Britain's heat, which accounts for a third...

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