Eight public and private sector bodies will harness waste heat from sources including rivers, data centres and sewage works after receiving a share of £68 million from the Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF).
The organisations receiving funding through the GHNF are:
• £3.9 million to Hemiko for the Tyseley heat network
• £14.65 million to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council for the Stockport district heat network
• £3 million to Camden Council for the Maiden Lane heat network in King’s Cross
• £8.8 million to Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council for the Oldham low carbon heat network
• £1.1 to the London Borough of Islington for the Bevin Court heat network
• £17.6 million to 1Energy for the Milton Keynes Energy Network (MKEN)
• £9.1 million to L&Q Energy, for the Barking Riverside heat network
• £9.8 million to Suffolk County Council for the Ipswich district heat network.
Martin McCluskey, Minister for Energy Consumers, said: “Heat networks provide low-carbon, low-cost heating systems of the future, boosting growth and supporting businesses and building owners for years to come, helping drive down their bills.”
Ken Hunnisett, Head of Clean Heat at Triple Point, said: “A heat network sector that has the potential to attract £100 billion of inward investment will deliver huge benefits to the UK economy and lower the cost of the transition for all. The greatest benefit will be seen in the places where the networks are being developed, however. It’s those communities that will benefit from the lions-share of good quality long-term green jobs that infrastructure investment at this scale will unlock and from cleaner air as we consign gas boilers to the history books.”