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BBC News
16-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Lincoln's heat network project plans awarded £15.5m by government
A company developing low-carbon heating networks has been awarded £15.5m to supply civic and commercial buildings in Lincoln city government has given the money to Hemiko via its Green Heat Network Fund, which invests in innovative heating projects to reduce carbon emissions and improve energy heat network scheme in Lincoln will involve distributing waste heat from a data centre, using air source heat pumps to warm water that will run through underground pipes to customers.A Hemiko spokesperson said the project would create 40 local jobs over the first five years of the network being built, with construction expected to begin in spring 2026 if plans are approved. Minister for Energy Consumers Miatta Fahnbulleh said: "Heat networks will play an important role in our mission for clean power by 2030, helping us to achieve energy independence and lower bills."Initial proposals for the scheme, detailed on the government's website, show 34 buildings in Lincoln could benefit from the project including a hospital, college, cathedral and council offices.A planning application is yet to be company said it planned to build a new data centre to "meet the data needs of Lincoln's businesses, while supplying cheap low carbon heat to the heat network".It is hoped supply to the first set of customers will start in Toby Heysham said the scheme would lead to a "remarkable transformation in Lincoln". He said: "By drawing heat for the network from a co-located data centre, this project represents a dual revolution: the green industrial revolution and the tech revolution. "It's wonderful to see these initiatives working hand in hand to drive growth, create local jobs and attract investment into Lincoln's economy." Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
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.
