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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Emily Beament

New £1bn heat network could provide low carbon heating for London landmarks

The Houses of Parliament by the Thames (John Walton/PA) - (PA Archive)

A £1 billion heat network scheme which could provide low carbon heating for some of London’s most famous buildings has been launched for Westminster.

The scheme will take heat from innovative sources such as the London Underground, the Thames or even brought down the river on “heat barges” storing heat in thermal batteries from a nearby power station.

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