According to the Committee on Climate Change's Next Steps for UK Heat Policy, heating and hot water for UK buildings make up around 40% of UK energy consumption and 20% of greenhouse gas emissions. If we are to meet the…
As will be common news to regular readers of the Policy Team blog, decarbonisation of the heat sector is one of the major policy challenges. Heat accounts for almost half of the UK's energy consumption and represents over a third…
As part of the government’s Clean Growth Strategy £320 million will go towards leveraging the £2 billion Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP), which will open for applicaitons in the Autumn. "Central heating for cities" The Department for Business, Energy and…
The Department for Business, Energy and Industry Strategy (BEIS) is holding a workshop on 13th April at the BEIS Conference Centre in Victoria, London (10:00-13:00). This event is aimed at organisations, groups and businesses who may be less familiar with…
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has today released a call for evidence on the Future Framework for Heat in Buildings. You can access the document launching this work here. The call for evidence confirms the government commitment…
Our final response to BEIS's consultation on the future of heat in buildings in non-domestic buildings has now been submitted. You can download our submission here. In our response, we urge BEIS to consider the numerous benefits of AD and its…
Last November, government announced over £300m of funding for heat networks over the next five years, expected to leverage £2billlion of additional capital investment and lead to the construction of hundreds of heat networks in urban and rural areas of…
Yesterday we submitted our response to the Heat Network Investment Project (HNIP) consultation which set out to gather stakeholder views on the design of the pilot and full scheme. You can download our submission here. Heat networks are envisaged as…
At last year's Spending Review £320 million of capital was announced to support investment in heat networks. This will form 10-20% of the total capital expenditure on supported heat networks, with the project aiming to leverage an additional £2 billion…
DECC has launched a consultation to gather views on how to design, implement and manage the Heat Network Investment Project (HNIP), a £320m capital support fund designed to increase the volume of heat networks being built, deliver carbon savings, and…
