Enfield Council’s new heat network connects first customers

Enfield Council is now supplying heat to new homes in Arnos Grove, the first of its heat networks. The council's energy company, Energetik, plans to...

Would you Adam’n’Eve it? East London to get Britain’s ‘biggest’ heat network

Four boroughs straddling the Thames in London’s East End are set to benefit from a district heat network of up to 500,000 homes by...

E.ON partners with UK renewable heat innovator Naked Energy

E.ON partners with the British company Naked Energy, as a part of a groupwide Innovation program. Naked Energy’s solar heat and hybrid technology supports customers with...

NG speeds 175 clean power connections with £90m upgrade on single link

A £90 million upgrade of one West Country power line will now bring forward connections for 175 clean energy ventures by as much as...

Veolia start first AI monitoring and control to decarbonise one of the country’s largest...

For the first time in the UK, Veolia on behalf of Sheffield City Council, are using the latest AI tool to extend the efficiency...

Pylons, to a T: all of Hinkley C’s new Ts R now in place

National Grid’s Hinkley Connection Project has reached another milestone, with the linking up of all 116 of its new T-pylons, designed to replace the...

How can policy intervention add an extra boost to the UK’s growing heat pump...

The heating industry is at a crossroads with a period of exciting policy led growth for heat pumps on the horizon. However, with the...

Net zero heating – why are we only talking about heat pumps?

With net zero targets looming larger in the rear view mirror, air source heat pumps have been lauded as the main alternative to gas...

Pure hydrogen commercial boiler used in industrial scale demonstration

In what is claimed to be a first, Baxi and H2GO Power have today announced an industrial scale demonstration to deliver their unique carbon...

Veolia use latest pipe relining innovation to maintain district heating in Sheffield

In a first for the UK, Veolia is using the latest carbon lining pipe technology for maintaining the integrity of the heat distribution system...

Hoval’s UltraGas 2 is ‘hydrogen-ready’

The UltraGas 2 range, Hoval’s latest generation of gas condensing boilers, offers the option of using hydrogen as an alternative fuel to natural gas...

The hidden cost of data

Data underpins every aspect of modern life, with more information generated now than ever before. Keeping data centres cool is crucial for their safe...

Swifter action needed to speed up the introduction of hydrogen for home heating

The managing director of Baxi UK & Ireland has called for swifter measures to speed up the introduction of hydrogen in order to decarbonise...

WPD pledges same day or next day hook-up of home heat pumps and EV...

Britain’s biggest DSO today committed itself to 48 hour maximum connection approvals of home heat pumps or EV chargers. Starting from 18 October, most applications...

Saving tonnes: The environmental benefits of switching to LPG

In last month’s LPG spotlight, Flogas looked at the significant cost-saving benefits of LPG. This week, the firm focusses on LPG’s environmental benefits. Traditionally, oil...

SSE pots a deal to Stoke up UK’s first geothermal heat network

Britain’s first city heat network powered by hot rocks welcomed SSE into its kiln of Kilowatts today. IGas told investors it has signed a 12...

Hydrogen ‘safe’ in 20% blends over Keele’s pipes, trial decides

Advocates of hydrogen blended with conventional ‘natural’ gas to lessen harms from the methane-dependent fluid, were today celebrating the success of Britain’s first test...

50,200 heat pump installers needed by 2030.  So let’s train them, say trade group.

Industry body the Heat Pump Association has this week launched a mass drive to train up installers needed to bring the low carbon technology...

“Expensive” insulation means one-third of UK homeowners refuse to plug Europe’s leakiest homes: PWC

Payback lags averaging ten years on the builders’ bills needed to improve Europe’s leakiest homes are putting the Johnson government’s 2050 Net Zero goal...

Government pledges £44 m for green heat networks for homes & public buildings

Energy ministry Beis has unveiled plans to decarbonise Britain’s homes and public buildings, releasing £44 million to trial low-carbon heat networks, heat pumps and...