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BBC News
22-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Plans for Inverness heat networks to be progressed further
Councillors have agreed that plans for large low-carbon heat networks in Inverness should be progressed Council has identified a number of potential locations for the systems, including the city centre, Longman and Raigmore networks involve distributing energy from a central source, often using underground pipes to carry hot authority officials are to assess the costs and also the best heating systems for the different networks. Properties could be warmed by one or more facilities that extract heat from air, water or hydrogen and systems that draw thermal energy from warm water that households flush down drains could also be of the properties are currently heated by mains estimated costs of a heat network in Inverness range from £30m to £ of the proposed zones, the west bank of the River Ness has a "high level" of social housing and risk of fuel poverty, according to a report discussed by councillors this also contains buildings with high heating demands, including Highland Council's headquarters, Eden Court arts venue, Inverness Leisure swimming pool complex and the city's botanic of the buildings, Inverness Ice Centre, has been struggling with its energy officers said the area could benefit from a heat said an energy centre could potentially be built on council-owned land near Highland Rugby Club's stadium. The officials said the city centre was one of the highest density areas in Inverness with more than 298 include shops, offices, hotels, Eastgate Shopping Centre and also Inverness Castle and the Town is an industrial area and officers have suggested waste water heating and hydrogen systems could be includes housing, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness Campus and new prison HMP Highland.
BBC News
13-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Heat networks could warm Inverness homes in the future
Parts of Inverness have been identified as potential locations for large heating networks in the Council, along with Scotland's other local authorities, have been asked by the Scottish government to come up with strategies to improve energy efficiency. Heat networks involve distributing energy from a central source, often using underground pipes to carry hot water. Inverness' west bank of the River Ness, the city centre, Longman and Raigmore areas could have networks, according to a report to Highland Council's climate change committee. Properties would be warmed by one or more systems that extract heat from air, water or underground. Biomass, hydrogen and facilities that draw thermal energy from warm water households flush down drains could also be of the properties are currently heated by mains gas. The report to next week's committee meeting said the west bank had a "high level" of social housing and risk of fuel also contains buildings with high heating demands, including Highland Council's headquarters, Eden Court arts venue, Inverness Leisure swimming pool complex and the city's botanic of the buildings, Inverness Ice Centre, has been struggling with its energy officers said the area could benefit from a heating said an energy centre could potentially be built on council-owned land near Highland Rugby Club's of building the network could run to £37m. The officials said the city centre was one of the highest density areas in Inverness with more than 298 buildings. They shops, offices, hotels, Eastgate Shopping Centre and also Inverness' castle and town costs of creating that network could be an estimated £ is an industrial area and officers have suggested waste water heating and hydrogen systems could be have recommended a number of networks across the area, with costs potentially running to almost £ includes housing, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness Campus and new prison HMP the area could be broken up and covered by a number of heating networks with overall costs of more than £54m.
