The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has published the outcomes from Phase 1 of its Smart Systems and Heat programme, detailing how the UK could decarbonise domestic heat to meet its 2050 climate change targets. The Journey to Smarter Heat, written by the ETI with support from the Energy Systems Catapult, tackles three interconnected areas: heating […]

The Heat and the City team at the University of Edinburgh have published a research briefing and list of practitioner resources: Meeting the strategic challenges of UK district heating offers practical approaches to tackling UK district heating challenges based on their work on district heating since 2010. This briefing summarises recent research findings on district heating […]

The Scottish Government have published their Electricity and Gas Networks Vision to 2030, which builds on Scotland’s Energy Strategy, published in December 2017. It considers the crucial role that Scotland’s electricity and gas networks will play in the energy transition currently underway, and in achieving the Scottish Government’s ambitions to decarbonise the whole energy system […]

Vulnerable households may benefit or suffer further injustice from the switch to low carbon technology depending on whether risks are preempted and actively mitigated, according to new research by the University of Sussex and the Energy Systems Catapult. Decarbonising our energy system to achieve 2050 emissions targets will require extensive innovation, which has the potential […]

Heat Trust, the independent customer protection scheme has extended its eligibility requirements to enable heat network suppliers with Customer Charters, or equivalent, to register. To-date, heat network suppliers have been required to have a Heat Energy Supply Agreement in place with each customer before being eligible to register. Head of Scheme Bindi Patel said more […]

Government must act now to improve the quality of UK homes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to safeguard our comfort, health and wellbeing as the climate changes, according to a report from the Committee on Climate Change (CCC). In a new report ‘UK housing: Fit for the future?’ the CCC warns that the UK’s […]

Britain must get rid of fossil-based natural gas in the coming three decades if the country is to meet its long-term climate change objectives, according to a report published by think-tank Bright Blue. The report, ‘Pressure in the pipeline: decarbonising the UK’s gas’, says demand for natural gas in the heat sector must diminish, and […]

An independent commission to advise on a 30 year strategy for infrastructure investment has appointed its final members. The group, chaired by Ian Russell CBE, will provide independent, informed advice on the vision, ambition and priorities for infrastructure in Scotland, including the Energy Efficient Scotland programme. The newly appointed commissioners are Professor Iain Docherty, Ken […]

The £10 million Saltire Tidal Energy Challenge Fund will target support to achieving commercial deployment of tidal energy generation in Scottish waters through driving innovation and reduction in the cost of electricity generated. This concentrated support for tidal energy sits alongside the parallel £30 million committed to date by the Scottish Government to Wave Energy […]