Business and political leaders in the North East want to make the region the UK’s first ‘low carbon heat cluster’, putting the region in the lead of efforts to find better and greener ways of heating properties.
The region is hoping to heat a fifth of properties from clean networks by 2050, a huge rise from the 2% provided today. That effort aims to build on projects like the Gateshead District Energy Scheme and the heating network at the Newcastle Helix business park, which are providing low carbon sources of heating.
The region has been designated by the Department for International Trade as a high potential opportunity area for foreign investment in heat networks, and two events taking place this week aim to cement that status. The Association for Decentralised Energy’s Heat Network Conference 2022, a major national conference on the future of heating for homes and businesses, is taking place in Newcastle today and it will be followed by a forum jointly hosted by the North East LEP and the Royal Danish Embassy in London.
