Tag: District Heating

AI is being used for the first time to increase heat delivery on one of the UK’s largest and oldest district energy schemes.

Developers and public sector urged to think beyond single building heating to create low-carbon networks that can reuse sources of waste heat

Gemserv’s Samantha Shea outlines a significant opportunity for the heating sector.

Five green heating projects in London, Watford, Suffolk and Lancaster have been allocated grants from the Green Heat Network Fund.

A month into her role as MD at Vattenfall Heat UK, Jenny Curtis spoke to Lucy Dixon about the role of district heating in decarbonising heat.

Millions awarded to improve efficiency of existing district heating for local authorities, housing associations and private sector

Detection dogs are being trained to find district heat network leaks.

West Northamptonshire Council has announced work on a heat network feasibility study to explore the possibility of a district heating system that can deliver lower-cost, low-carbon heat to homes and businesses. The council has secured £112k from round 12 of the government’s Heat Network Delivery Unit (HNDU) funding. The project will also be match-funded by […]

Four new connections to the Leeds PIPES district heating network have been confirmed by Leeds City Council. The  Leeds PIPES scheme – delivered in partnership with Vital Energi – has been supported by £5.4 million of government funding to date. It uses heat and energy recovered from non-recyclable waste at the Recycling and Energy Recovery […]

A new Danfoss whitepaper takes a deep dive into how excess heat can be harnessed using existing solutions. Stuart Duff listened to a panel of industry experts exploring this topic. In the UK and EU alone, excess heat amounts to 2,860TWh/yr – roughly equivalent to the EU’s total energy demand for heat and hot water […]

Swedish company Qvantum has been awarded ISH Design Plus for its apartment heat pump. The heat pump is compact, which means it can be installed under a kitchen sink and is designed in modules. This makes it easy to both install and service. The tap water tank can be placed on a wall anywhere in […]

Danfoss has introduced the autonomous Titan substation, with digital twin technology enabling reliable cloud commissioning and continuous performance optimisation. The smart substation complements Danfoss’ extensive district energy product portfolio enabling end-to-end optimisation. Balancing network dynamics to deliver ultimate efficiency – from production to distribution and consumption – requires continuous optimisation. Digitalisation is the fundamental lever […]