DESNZ publishes review of the Green Heat Network Fund transition scheme

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The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has published a report on the findings of evaluation research for the Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF) transition scheme. The GHNF transition scheme ran from 2021-2022, providing capital support for the commercialisation of low-carbon heat networks in England. The GHNF aims to incentivise this heat network market transition through targeted financial support for new and existing networks, with the transition scheme set up as an interim measure between the arrival of the main scheme and the conclusion of the Heat Network Investment Project (HNIP) scheme. Seven projects were funded through the scheme at an investment cost of £4.74m. Of these seven, three were local authority-led projects, two university-led projects and two private sector projects.