UKERC partnered with DECC and ETI last month to seek input and feedback on plans for the £300 million in heat network capital expenditures announced in the government's Spending Review. Amber Sharick, UKERC Business Engagement Manager, and Jan Webb, UKERC Researcher & Professor of Sociology of Organisations at the University of Edinburgh, report on the discussions.
UKERC co-hosted a meeting in April 2016 with DECC and ETI to seek input and feedback on plans for the £300 million in heat network capital expenditures announced in the government’s Spending Review.
Aimed largely at leading-edge local authorities working on heat network issues, the workshop provided the opportunity to exchange best practice in the current budget/policy environment and to input into national heat network priorities around the 300 million GBP capital expenditure announced in the Government’s November 2015 Spending Review.
Keynotes and panel sessions with experts from government, industry and academia focused on the following topics:
- role of local action in national and international efforts to decarbonise heat
- relevant lessons from international experience with heat networks
- the evolving landscape: stakeholders, benefits and latest developments
- commercial viability and UK heat networks?
- outcomes of early stage funding and business models for delivery or how to get heat networks funded and retain the multiple benefits communities are seeking
- filling the gaps: capacity and resource needs and next steps, including the identification of responsibilities and problem owners
Amber Sharick, UKERC Business Engagement Manager, and Jan Webb, UKERC Researcher & Professor of Sociology of Organisations, University of Edinburgh, report on the discussions.
