Sharenergy’s Community Heat Development Unit (CHDU) project is pleased to launch a dedicated project website: www.communityheat.org.uk.
As a reminder, the aim of this project is to identify locations in mainland Great Britain where centralised, low-carbon district heating networks are most viable, then work with local communities to understand the feasibility of this kind of scheme at a local level. The project is also working to understand how a dedicated unit could support communities to develop district heat networks through design and installation phases and into operation.
On the project website you’ll find an interactive techno-economic model which has been used to assess the feasibility of potential network sites, along with a digital map which displays the areas which the techno-economic model has identified as being more feasible for heat network development. Supporting articles describing the modelling decisions, inputs and techniques are gradually being added to the site.
Thanks to Martin Crane at Carbon Alternatives for supporting the CHDU project on aspects of the technical modelling.
If you’re a community organisation interested in developing a heat network to decarbonise local domestic and non-domestic buildings and are located in one of the better areas highlighted in our map, then please get in touch!