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BBC News
21-07-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Worthing heat network construction disrupting trade, say shops
Businesses in Worthing say disruption caused by the installation of the town's low carbon heat network is affecting Hemiko is building a facility next to the High Street multi-storey car park which will pipe energy to large public sector buildings from three heat heat network is set to help save thousands of tonnes of carbon emissions each year by supplying buildings with hot water without the need for individual boilers, but businesses said people have been put off coming into said the current phase was "probably the most disruptive part of the work" but that works were "going well". Samantha Whittington, the owner of Sewsilver jewellery shop in the Guildbourne Centre next to Hemiko works, said construction of the main plant and roadworks was "stopping people coming into town"."We've seen footfall decline massively because the car park has been closed or it looks like a building site so looks closed," she said."It's made me realise how much passing trade my business relied on. I've had to reduce my opening hours because we can't afford to stay open."Paul Wickenden, who works at Guildbourne Meats which has been open for 25 years, said: "We've been struggling, the car park isn't looking inviting."It's the welcome mat to Worthing, people are avoiding us." Carole Ryan, co-owner of BDR Trading Surplus, claimed some months had seen a 30% drop in added: "Hemiko's plans are to install this type of heater [across the country]. It's a good thing because it's green but it's the traders along the way who are going to lose their businesses."Hemiko started constructing its heat network in May last year. The plant in the town centre works by extracting heat from the outside air, even in winter, to heat water which is then circulated through a network of insulated pipes to provide heating and hot works include the main facility but also digging up roads to install the underground pipes, which has caused traffic disruption. The first buildings to be connected are Worthing Hospital, the town hall and Connaught Theatre but the plan is to expand the network to businesses and homes in the said this was more sustainable and efficient than having individual heating systems using Owen, growth director for Hemiko, told BBC Radio Sussex they were getting ready to turn the heat network on in autumn of this added: "I am really sorry to hear about how the Guildbourne Centre has been impacted by our construction work. I know they're disruptive and it's a difficult time for high street businesses across the country."I think the best thing we can do is catch up again with the centre manager about how we can help."Ms Owen said they had put out more than 9,000 leaflets to homes and offered free parking at the High Street car park on the first and last Sundays of the month.
Yahoo
20-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Heat network scheme for city awarded £21m
A major project to supply Oxford with low carbon heating has been awarded £21m from the government's Green Network Fund. 1Energy plans to install about 20km (12 miles) of pipes, and said it hoped the Oxford Energy Network would be operational by 2030. Cabinet member for zero carbon at Oxford City Council, Anna Railton, said she was "delighted" by the news, adding: "With buildings responsible for 60% of Oxford's carbon emissions, a heat network like this has been identified as one of the key pathways to achieve a net zero carbon city by 2040." 1Energy said more detail about the project would be revealed in the next six to nine months when a planning application was submitted. Project manager for 1Energy, Dan Goodchild, said: "The vast majority of the heat, 70 or 80% of it, will come from low carbon air source, water source or data centre source heat pumps." Though he admitted gas might be needed for "resilience purposes, for either when it's particularly cold or when the heat pumps need maintenance". Nick Eyre, chair of the Zero Carbon Oxfordshire Partnership and emeritus professor of energy and climate policy at the University of Oxford described it as "a good use of government money". "Heat Networks are going to be required to decarbonise some of the denser populated parts of the country... and that's particularly true in Oxford [which has] a lot of old heritage buildings which are quite difficult to decarbonise," he said. A similar but much smaller scheme has been running between the John Radcliffe and Churchill hospitals since 2017, after a 1.6-mile (2.2km) pipe was laid under several roads in Headington. Trevor Payne, director of estates at the University of Oxford said: "The potential benefits of a wider heat network are huge, both for the University - the project could help us achieve our ambitious target of reaching net zero by 2035 - and for the community as a whole." Jerry Woods, director of estates and campus services at Oxford Brookes University said: "This supports our aims as a member of the Zero Carbon Oxford Partnership in Oxford becoming a Net Zero City by 2040 and also supports the university in reaching its Net Zero carbon goals potentially faster and at lower cost than possible to do alone." You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram. Switch on for £14.7m hospital pipeline The Tube and Thames could heat London landmarks Heat network scheme awarded £15.5m Oxford Energy Network Zero Carbon Oxfordshire
BBC News
20-06-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Oxford heat network gets £21m government funding
A major project to supply Oxford with low carbon heating has been awarded £21m from the government's Green Network Fund.1Energy plans to install about 20km (12 miles) of pipes, and said it hoped the Oxford Energy Network would be operational by member for zero carbon at Oxford City Council, Anna Railton, said she was "delighted" by the news, adding: "With buildings responsible for 60% of Oxford's carbon emissions, a heat network like this has been identified as one of the key pathways to achieve a net zero carbon city by 2040."1Energy said more detail about the project would be revealed in the next six to nine months when a planning application was submitted. Project manager for 1Energy, Dan Goodchild, said: "The vast majority of the heat, 70 or 80% of it, will come from low carbon air source, water source or data centre source heat pumps."Though he admitted gas might be needed for "resilience purposes, for either when it's particularly cold or when the heat pumps need maintenance".Nick Eyre, chair of the Zero Carbon Oxfordshire Partnership and emeritus professor of energy and climate policy at the University of Oxford described it as "a good use of government money"."Heat Networks are going to be required to decarbonise some of the denser populated parts of the country... and that's particularly true in Oxford [which has] a lot of old heritage buildings which are quite difficult to decarbonise," he said. A similar but much smaller scheme has been running between the John Radcliffe and Churchill hospitals since 2017, after a 1.6-mile (2.2km) pipe was laid under several roads in Payne, director of estates at the University of Oxford said: "The potential benefits of a wider heat network are huge, both for the University - the project could help us achieve our ambitious target of reaching net zero by 2035 - and for the community as a whole."Jerry Woods, director of estates and campus services at Oxford Brookes University said: "This supports our aims as a member of the Zero Carbon Oxford Partnership in Oxford becoming a Net Zero City by 2040 and also supports the university in reaching its Net Zero carbon goals potentially faster and at lower cost than possible to do alone." You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
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.
