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The Hy Life: UK's first hydrogen-fuelled show homes to open Gateshead
The Hy Life: UK's first hydrogen-fuelled show homes to open Gateshead

Set to open to the public in April 2021, the two semi-detached homes in Gateshead will showcase a range of hydrogen-fuelled appliances, BEIS said

  • Infrastructure
  • 16 February 2021
BritishVolt picks site of Blyth Power Station for UK's first 'gigafactory'
BritishVolt picks site of Blyth Power Station for UK's first 'gigafactory'

£2.6bn scheme represents largest industrial investment England’s North East in more than three decades and will generate 8,000 local jobs, BritishVolt said.

  • Automotive
  • 11 December 2020
Vattenfall and Viridor team up for district heating push
Vattenfall and Viridor team up for district heating push

Companies to work together to harness heat from waste to energy facilities

  • Technology
  • 13 November 2020
Left in the cold: Why UK homes are still hundreds of years off schedule for delivering net zero emissions
Left in the cold: Why UK homes are still hundreds of years off schedule for delivering net zero emissions

Without a clear and ambitious government plan zero carbon home heating by 2050 remains a pipe dream, a new analysis from the UK Energy Research Centre warns

  • Infrastructure
  • 09 October 2020
Zero Carbon Heating Taskforce: UK experts bid to overcome barriers to greener buildings
Zero Carbon Heating Taskforce: UK experts bid to overcome barriers to greener buildings

Taskforce includes members of the Green Finance Institute, the Coalition for the Energy Efficiency of Buildings, and the Association for Decentralised Energy, among others

  • Infrastructure
  • 17 September 2020
Welsh low carbon heat networks clinch £8m government funding boost
Welsh low carbon heat networks clinch £8m government funding boost

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

  • Energy
  • 13 August 2020
CBI calls for 2025 gas boiler phase-out to keep net zero on track
CBI calls for 2025 gas boiler phase-out to keep net zero on track

Government feels the heat over yawning gap in UK gas decarbonisation policy from two major reports from the CBI and the Net Zero Infrastructure Commission

  • Buildings
  • 22 July 2020
UK risks going cold on heat decarbonisation, think tank warns
UK risks going cold on heat decarbonisation, think tank warns

IPPR calculates that government has to date supported just two per cent of the heat pumps the UK needs to deploy to meet its net zero emissions goals

  • BusinessGreen
  • 15 July 2020
Scottish-Swedish energy partnership aims to bring low-carbon district heating to south-east Scotland
Scottish-Swedish energy partnership aims to bring low-carbon district heating to south-east Scotland

Midlothian Council, which recently declared a climate emergency, is partnering with Vattenfall as it works to decarbonise the region's heat and power networks

  • Technology
  • 12 February 2020
Heat network projects secure major boost, as government plots tighter regulation
Heat network projects secure major boost, as government plots tighter regulation

Government unveils plans to establish Ofgem as regulator for heat networks, while seven district heating projects across England secure support

  • BusinessGreen
  • 10 February 2020
Warming up: Government eyes major electric heat pump trial across 750 homes
Warming up: Government eyes major electric heat pump trial across 750 homes

Project aims to demonstrate the feasibility of a large-scale roll out of heat pumps in a representative range of UK homes, as new report warns fresh policy push is required

  • Infrastructure
  • 29 August 2019
National Grid: 'Immediate action' required to ready UK energy system for Net Zero target
National Grid: 'Immediate action' required to ready UK energy system for Net Zero target

Reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century in the UK is 'possible' but will require radical changes to heating, transport, industry, and power sectors

  • Energy
  • 10 July 2019
Bristol hails first commercial heat network deal
Bristol hails first commercial heat network deal

City Council inks agreement to supply low carbon heat to 375 home Castle Park View development

  • Infrastructure
  • 30 January 2019
Heat networks could cut UK decarbonisation costs by £3bn, ETI estimates
Heat networks could cut UK decarbonisation costs by £3bn, ETI estimates

Report by Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) sets out pathways for cutting capital costs of developing heat networks

  • Infrastructure
  • 14 November 2018
Global briefing: Bolsonaro reverses on Paris exit threat as final vote draws near
Global briefing: Bolsonaro reverses on Paris exit threat as final vote draws near

BusinessGreen brings you this week's green economy headlines from around the world

  • Management
  • 26 October 2018
District heating plans warm up as £320m funding drive moves forward
District heating plans warm up as £320m funding drive moves forward

Plans confirmed that aim to leverage up to £1bn investment in low carbon heat networks across the UK

  • Energy
  • 18 October 2018
Heat networks: Regulation 'now needed' says UK competition watchdog
Heat networks: Regulation 'now needed' says UK competition watchdog

Competition and Markets Authority study concludes heat networks offer good value for many customers, but also highlights several areas of concern

  • Energy
  • 11 May 2018
Energy UK urges government to 'kick start' heating sector decarbonisation
Energy UK urges government to 'kick start' heating sector decarbonisation

Energy industry trade body report calls for zero carbon homes policies, review of the RHI and support for wider range of low carbon heating technologies

  • Energy
  • 10 April 2018
Heat network customers pay less for energy, government survey shows
Heat network customers pay less for energy, government survey shows

BEIS survey of heat network consumers finds they are on average pay less for energy than non-heat network consumers

  • Energy
  • 08 December 2017
ADE and ACE merge to create beefed-up decentralised energy trade body
ADE and ACE merge to create beefed-up decentralised energy trade body

Association for Decentralised Energy and Association for the Conservation of Energy join forces to create 'powerful and unified voice'

  • Energy
  • 01 December 2017
The ultra-efficient, hidden heat source for Amazon's new HQ
The ultra-efficient, hidden heat source for Amazon's new HQ

The 'ecodistrict' project required cooperation from the city, architects and a corporate neighbour

  • Energy
  • 24 November 2017
Vital Energi strikes £15m deal to build district heating network in London
Vital Energi strikes £15m deal to build district heating network in London

New low-carbon heating network will heat 30,000 homes and businesses across the borough of Enfield in North London

  • Infrastructure
  • 23 August 2017
Report: Sewers' hidden heat offers carbon-saving opportunity
Report: Sewers' hidden heat offers carbon-saving opportunity

Scottish study calculates that harnessing heat from wastewater could save more than 10,000 tonnes of carbon emissions

  • Energy
  • 15 June 2017
Hydrogen heating earmarked for £25m government investment
Hydrogen heating earmarked for £25m government investment

BEIS department is looking for a contractor to manage the delivery of a major new project investigating the use of hydrogen gas as a source of clean heat

  • Energy
  • 24 April 2017
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