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BBC News
27-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
'Pioneering' Derby green energy project awarded £23.2m
A major project to heat university, college and hospital buildings in Derby from a source several miles away in Spondon has received government source heat pumps will be used to warm hot water pipes laid between the suburb and the city centre in the project, which is scheduled to be completed by generated from businesses will be used by the heat pumps, although the company behind it, Energy1, is yet to reveal which businesses are firm has now been awarded £23.2m towards the scheme from the government's Green Heat Network Fund. Project director Nick Johnston said: "People [in Derby] should be delighted as it represents a really long-term investment in the city that is backed by both public and private finance."It's part of the UK's long-term transition towards energy security and net zero and it really positions the city as a pioneer on this journey."So we're absolutely delighted to be awarded the grant and we're really excited to take the project forward."Mr Johnston said a similar scheme in Bradford was 75% complete and is due to start running next year. There are also plans for heat networks in Exeter and Milton Keynes. The plan in Derby is to heat up to 47 buildings in this way including the Royal Derby Hospital and the Florence Nightingale Hospital, located about seven miles away from College and the University of Derby are also signed up to the project.A University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust spokesperson said: "We have ambitions to become a net zero organisation and are proactively looking at opportunities that will help us to reduce our carbon footprint and become more sustainable, which is better for the environment as well as the taxpayer."We look forward to working alongside partners as a part of this project, which could see two of our Derby hospitals provided with pre-heated water to significantly reduce how much gas we use and will offer one of the most cost-effective heating solutions available."The government's Green Heat Network Fund has been set up to help cut the country's carbon Fahnbulleh, the minister for energy consumers, 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."
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.
