South Leeds Life
Summary
On Wednesday (20 November 2024) senior Councillors on the Executive Board approved plans to develop the PIPES district heating scheme with a new network being created for the South Bank area of Hunslet and Holbeck.
The existing PIPES network provides low carbon heating to some 2,000 properties including Council flats, student accommodation, civic and commercial buildings. It uses heat generated by the Recycling and Energy Recovery Facility (RERF) in Cross Green which incinerates waste from residential black bins.
The new South Bank scheme will use heat from Verallia’s glass manufacturing process in the South Bank area (formerly Allied Glass). It is anticipated that the project will heat up to 28 buildings, covering 8,000 residents in existing and new developments including those around Leeds Dock and those under construction along Sweet Street, although formal agreements have yet to be entered into.
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