Landmark GHNF investment will support cleaner heating for homes and businesses across England.
Eight low carbon heat networks in London, Bristol, the West Midlands, Lincolnshire, and the North West are set to receive major investment to kick-start commercialisation and heat network construction.
Government funding through the GHNF is having a transformative impact on the heat network sector, helping to build a thriving, self-sustaining market fit for the future. This announcement highlights the broader benefits of the scheme – from advancing research & development to supporting hundreds of jobs and contributing to sustainable communities.
This announcement comes shortly after it was announced that Triple Point Heat Network Investment Management has been contracted to deliver the Government’s GHNF scheme until 2030, cementing our partnership with Government, which will now stretch to 12 years.
The following organisations have been awarded GHNF funding:
- Vattenfall receives £21.3 million of support for the Bristol City Centre heat network, combining the Frome Gateway, Canons Marsh, and St Nicks’ heat networks.
- 1Energy receives £23.2 million for and the Derby Energy Network, using waste water heat recovery technology.
- Hemiko receives over £36 million for two heat networks in Lincoln and Westminster, using both waste heat recovery and air source heat pumps.
- Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council has been awarded almost £5 million to build a town-wide heat network serving buildings across West Bromwich.
- Trafford Council has been awarded £5.7 million to build a heat network using heat pumps to recover waste heat for a range of buildings across Trafford.
- Severn Wye Energy Agency awarded £1.7 million for a waste heat recovery heat network sourced from a biochar production facility, that will serve buildings in a Warrington based business park.
- East London Energy receives almost £9 million for a dual heat pump system network, recovering waste heat from both a local river and existing chillers to heat a number of developments in the Olympic Park area.
Minister for Energy Consumers, Miatta Fahnbulleh, said: “Heat networks will play an important role in our mission for clean power by 2030, helping us to achieve energy independence and lower bills.
“That is why this government is backing inventive projects, such as using heat generated by sewers or the River Thames to provide heating to connected businesses and homes, through the Green Heat Network Fund.”
Ken Hunnisett, Programme Director, said: “We’re thrilled to announce our largest funding announcement to date – a clear sign of the nation’s growing commitment to low carbon heat. The projects we’ve announced today represent some of the most forward-thinking and high-impact heat network developments we’ve seen.
“£100 million in funding is a huge milestone: a great reflection on the GHNF, the teams that will be developing and delivering them, and on the stakeholders that they’ll serve. From hospitals and homes to entire town and city centres, we’re proud to be accelerating the shift to cleaner, greener heating for communities across the country.”
