The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) is responsible for ensuring the UK is on track to meet its legally binding Net Zero commitments and supporting economic growth by significantly speeding up delivery of network infrastructure and domestic energy production.
DESNZ is attending the conference with a focus on Heat Network Zoning.
Heat network zoning will designate areas where heat networks are expected to provide the lowest cost, low carbon heating. It will give local communities the tools to accelerate the development of heat networks and ensure that more homes and businesses can have access to greener, cheaper heat.
Through heat network zoning, certain types of buildings and heat sources can be required to connect to a network within a prescribed timeframe. This will allow for large-scale strategic heat networks to be built in towns and cities across the country.
Developing heat network zones across the country has the potential to create tens of thousands of jobs delivering a low carbon heating revolution across the country.
Find out more about heat network zoning here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/heat-network-zoning
Heat Network Zoning Overview (1.38 MiB)
Heat network zones are designated geographic areas where heat networks are expected to provide the lowest cost solution for decarbonising heat. This overview explains in simple terms: - what heat networks and zoning are - the reason for creating them - how locations for heat network zones will be identified - our approach and the process, including pilot projects - consumer protection