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£13.7 million has been awarded to local authorities, housing associations and private sector applicants in the first funding round of the Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES).
Nearly £13 million will go to 24 projects to directly improve the efficiencies of heat networks serving over 4,000 residents.
Another £640,000 worth of funding has been awarded to optimisation studies to review the performance of their heat networks, identifying areas of improvement to ensure high performance and maximum efficiency. This funding will contribute to improving the efficiency levels of 31 separate heat networks, serving over 7,000 residents.
Heat networks (aka district heating) supply heat from a central source to consumers, via a network of underground pipes carrying hot water. Heat networks can cover a large area or even an entire city, or be fairly local supplying a small cluster of buildings.
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