With more than 14,000 heat networks coming under new regulations next year, Ofgem will have to take steps to ensure that, this time, heat network regulations are taken seriously. The UK heat network industry hasn’t had much in the way of regulation up to now. The Heat Network (Metering and [...]
The Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) is a £32m grant funding scheme to improve the performance of existing heat networks. Guru Systems supported six projects as part of the previous HNES Demonstrator that ran in 2021/22, and we can now confirm that every bid to Round 1 of the main [...]
Unmonitored heat networks don’t usually perform well; poorly performing networks mean higher costs and increased carbon emissions. Even where networks are well-designed and commissioned before residents move in, performance tends to drift over time. It is not uncommon for the cost of delivered heat to double in just a [...]