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The supported heat network projects provide heat to approximately 5,000 domestic customers and 50 non-domestic buildings. Of the domestic customers on the supported networks, approximately 2,500 will see bill savings against the counterfactual heat source. Of the non-domestic customers, 19 will see savings. A total of 216,324t CO2 will be saved over the next 15 years, across all 9 heat networks. Total heat supplied annually by these networks will be around 85,000 MWh/year.

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The pilot

The Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP) pilot ran from October 2016 to March 2017. We used the lessons from the pilot to feed into the main scheme design and delivery approach.

The main scheme

The 拢320 million HNIP capital investment programme was expected to support up to 200 projects by 2021 through grants and loans and other mechanisms and to lever in up to 拢2 billion of wider investment, reducing bills, cutting carbon and forming a key part of wider urban regeneration in many locations.

The main funding round opened in autumn 2018.

Applications were limited to local authorities and other public sector bodies during the pilot phase. We expect the main scheme will have a wider scope. Eligible sponsors could include the private sector, community groups and not-for-profit groups.