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Heat Networks: Finance

Commons · Question 33864 · Tabled 26 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 7 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Grahame Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing a mine water heating grant scheme for community heat networks.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 7 Mar 2025

The water from coal mines shows good potential as a renewable source for heat networks. The government’s capital schemes for heat network construction, the Heat Networks Investment Project and its successor, the Green Heat Network Fund, have supported hea...