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Why Now is The Time for Heat Networks in Wales

By District Energy posted 4 hours ago

  

Business News Wales

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According to Wales’ Heat Strategy, heat accounts for around 50% of the country’s energy use, yet more than 85% of Welsh households still rely on fossil fuels for heating. Transforming how Wales heats its homes and buildings is therefore one of the country’s biggest infrastructure challenges and opportunities

Against that backdrop, the UK Government's decision to extend the Green Heat Network Fund to Wales for the first time is more than another funding announcement. Coupled with the Warm Homes Plan, which commits £1.5 billion to heat networks over the next four years and continues support for the Green Heat Network Fund, it signals that low-carbon heat is finally being recognised as a national infrastructure priority rather than a niche technology.

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