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Borderlands Investment Programme open

Last week the Borderlands energy investment programme launched with expressions of interest open until 12 noon on Wednesday 19th of February 2025 by South of Scotland Enterprise.

The programme looks to help decarbonise the region while improving employment opportunities as part of a just transition. There is £13.5million of capital grant funding initially allocated to projects in the South of Scotland (£29.9million in total). It’s designed for large scale projects with funding requests between £1.5million to £3.5million and intervention rate of up to 50% of total eligible project costs

Full details of the Call, including all relevant documents & EOI form, can be found here. If anyone would like to discuss a potential project please get in touch with Kevin Dickson or Paul Gilbert from South of Scotland Enterprise at Kevin.Dickson@sose.scot / Paul.Gilbert@sose.scot.

Geothermal Energy and Underground Thermal Energy Storage | Online | 12 Dec

Last chance to join HeatSource for the upcoming webinar on geothermal and underground thermal energy storage where we will be joined by experts to discuss the scale of the opportunity in Scotland.

Key R&D projects are underway and there is a range of tools and support available to those looking to innovate and collaborate within this sector. If you want to find out about these and more about this technology and how it might contribute to Scotland Clean Heat future, sign up here.

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HeatSource Heat Networks in Action Round Up

It was a full room for the HeatSource 'Heat Networks in Action' event in Aberdeen last week. We heard from a number of fantastic speakers from The Scottish Government, The Scottish National Investment Bank, Aberdeen City Council, Vital Energi, Sav Systems, Kensa and GREN . On day two, we got to see this learning in action on a tour of two local heat networks. We visited the Torry Heat Network and Energy Centre served by the NESS Energy from Waste Plant and serving around 800 homes in the area and the Energy Centre in Tillydrone operated by Aberdeen Heat and Power that supplies heat and power to seven multi-storey residential blocks, a school, church and health hub.

Over both days we had a number of in depth discussions on accelerating heat network deployment, funding and finance and engaging communities in the clean heat transition.

Visit a Heat Pump Report

Nesta’s Visit a Heat Pump service, which aims to make existing heat pumps more visible by helping people interested in getting one see them up close and speak to owners, has been running for six months. Their interim report on the service reveals over 400 hosts have joined the platform and over 600 people have booked visits, as well as insights about how visits support would-be buyers to make a decision on installation. Read more in the report on the Nesta website here.

National Heat Networks: A Vision for Scotland

Scottish Renewables, last week, published their eagerly anticipated report 'National Heat Networks: A Vision for Scotland'. This paper call on the Scottish Government to develop a national strategy to drive heat network development, unlock key investment and integrate the expansion of existing plans.

You can read the full report here.

Clean Heat Strategic Workforce Development Fund | Final date for applications is 16th December

This is your last chance to get support to strategically develop your workforce so you can diversify or grow your business in the rapidly expanding clean heat market. Along with workplace innovation support, the fund can provide grants from £5,000 to £50,000 to cover up to 50% of your eligible project costs.

Find out more about applying here.

Events

Infrared heating – technology and applications

Energy Saving Trust are hosting a webinar on 11th December on Infrared Heating - technology and applications. Join EST and Scottish infrared heating manufacturer Flexel to learn more about the technology and it's place in the clean heat transition as we move away from traditional fossil fuel heating. Register here.

Borderlands Energy Investment Programme: Call for Projects

The Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal team have scheduled two online events to support the launch of the Borderlands Energy Investment Programme Call for Projects. These are scheduled for Wednesday 18th December at 12pm and Tuesday 14th January 2025 at 12pm. The sessions are the same and will include and introduction to the Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal, the Call for Projects and a Q&A session. Register here.

Kensa National Self Build & Renovation Centre

Kensa Heat Pumps has a permanent stand in the Trade Village, come and visit then at stand number 68 to learn about all things ground source! Register here.

News

Energy centre opens to deliver low carbon heat to thousands of Midlothian homes

The first project is to supply low carbon heat to new homes in Midlothian through the MEL heat network that is planned to expand into existing buildings and other areas in Midlothian and north into Edinburgh. Read more.

The EHA has published its budget briefing in advance of the Scottish Budget 2025-26.

The EHA’s budget asks the Scottish Government to commit to spending the full £1.8bn on Heat in Buildings during this parliament as promised in previous budget statements. Read more.

Idea Exchange: How we heated council buildings by harnessing low-carbon technology

South Tyneside MBC created a network that harnesses low-grade heat from the River Tyne and exports it to council buildings, explains Phil Dixon, head of strategic housing and assets. Read more.

City a 'blueprint' for low-carbon heating

A new low-carbon heating network supplying civic buildings in Bradford city centre will act as a “blueprint” for similar schemes across the country. Read more.

Regional growth accelerates as Vital Energi invests in UK’s green future creating 400 green jobs

Vital Energi have announced their expansion with the creation of 400 green jobs, this includes an expansion of their operations in Scotland. It's great to see more roles and opportunities in the heat networks sector reflecting growth in the area, we all want to see more of this in the coming months and years.

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Scottish Enterprise's green heat newsletter

Receive periodic information on market opportunities relating to green heat, including funding grants, market reports, relevant events, innovation and exports. Sign up here.

Heat Network Support Unit Newsletter

The Heat Network Support Unit (HNSU) supports the growth of heat networks by addressing key challenges in the pre-capital stages of heat network development and building capacity across the public sector to deliver successful projects. Sign up here.

Save the date for Clean Heat 2025

Clean Heat 2025 event for next March, after the success of this year’s event. The event will take place on Wednesday 26th March 2025 in the same venue as last year – the DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow Central. Find out more here.

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