Eight projects across England are set to receive a share of £68 million from the Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF).
The funding builds on more than £500 million already allocated by the GHNF. Combined, the fund expects these schemes to provide over 4.7 million tonnes worth of carbon savings across England.
Stockport district heat network will receive £14.65 million in commercialisation and construction funding.
With construction set to begin as early as 2026/27, the heat network project will use heat pumps to extract waste heat from a local sewer system.
1Energy has secured over £17.6 million in funding, with the support of Milton Keynes City Council, for the Milton Keynes Energy Network (MKEN).
Funding will go towards the design of the energy centre and heat network, with an aim to begin providing low-carbon heat to buildings in the city from 2028 using air source heat pump technology.
Commenting on the announcement, Martin McCluskey, Minister for Energy Consumers, said: “By harnessing waste heat from rivers, sewers and data centres, these innovative projects can play a key role in our mission to reach clean power by 2030.”
“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.”
The Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF) is a multi-year, capital grant fund that opened to applicants in March 2022 and is anticipated to run to 2030.
It provides support to organisations in the public, private, and third sectors in England, and only funds heat network projects where there is a low-carbon heat source.
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 million 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.
Ken Hunnisett, Head of Clean Heat at Triple Point, commented: “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.”
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