heat networks

Just over half of respondents to new survey agree data centre approval should be conditional on plans to use surplus heat to warm nearby homes and buildings

Warming 70,000 new social and affordable homes with waste heat and large air source heat pumps would prove far cheaper than electric panel heating, study finds

Government confirms latest £90m wave of funding to support delivery of new heat networks in London, Bradford and Solihull, as well as upgrades to 76 existing schemes

Regulated Asset Base funding model and initial £1bn of public investment could mobilise a huge wave of private capital into heat network projects over coming decades, report claims

Closing the cost gap between heat networks and gas boilers is 'achievable and affordable', industry claims, but it requires clear government commitment

Government pledges to invest £15m in improving existing heat networks, alongside £25m in new heat network projects

Investment from Pioneer Point Partners to facilitate up to £500m capex funding for new build and retrofitted heat networks

More in Common poll carried out on behalf of UKSIF shows most Reform UK voters want councils to ramp up support for rolling out public EV charge points

The Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF) expands to Welsh projects for the first time

Heat networks will not suit every street, but done well they can efficiently keep homes warm, emit minimal CO2, and ensure families are less exposed to fossil fuel energy price shocks, writes EnergiRaven's Simon Kerr