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Summary
District heating networks have seen a resurgence of interest in the UK. This is mainly due to industry innovations which enable heat networks to lower carbon emissions and deliver heat in a more efficient and costly manner.
With fuel bills at the forefront of everybody’s mind, and lower carbon emissions in the same bracket, housing providers need to consider different options to decrease both energy bills and the impact on our planet.
District heating networks have been used in the UK since the 1960s, but the scale at which they have been adopted is not substantial enough. We are still far behind the rest of Europe, where heat networks meet about 12% of the EU’s heat demand. In fact, district heating is common in the Nordic and Baltic regions, and Copenhagen has the world’s most extensive district heating system, servicing over an incredible 98% of buildings, making it miles ahead of any city in the UK.
Why is this relevant? Well, the government believes that district heating networks can reduce fuel bills by 30% and has made it clear that it wants to see a wider uptake of these networks to reduce CO2 emissions and meet the UK’s 2050 net zero targets. Currently, only about 2% of the UK’s heat is delivered by heat networks, but it is believed that this should increase to 20% by 2050.
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