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Thank you for seeing us at All-Energy 2024

Thank you and welcome to those of you who have joined the HeatSource ecosystem at All-Energy. The two days were filled with lively and interesting discussions on the opportunities of sharing knowledge and collaborating in the clean heat sector. The enthusiasm and insights shared by you all has set a promising tone for the future.

Research support for your business | Scottish Enterprise

Scottish Enterprise research service can help you source lists of companies in this sector and provide free market research and company information to businesses in Scotland. They can also help you access the latest reports on the low carbon heat sector.

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Installers receive free Heat Pumps | Nesta and SNIPEF

Nesta is working in partnership with SNIPEF to build confidence amongst heat pump installers by giving them a heat pump to install in their own home.

By providing these professionals with their own heat pump, we aim to assess whether firsthand experience can:

Speed up the frequency of retrofit heat pump installations.
Boost installer confidence.
Increase customer attraction.

Find out more.

HeatSource in the Highlands and Islands

In partnership with Highlands Islands Enterprise, HeatSource will be hosting a webinar series for the Highlands and Islands. Save the dates below and more information will be shared in due course in this newsletter:

Heat in the Highlands, 5th & 12th Sept
Heat in the Islands, 18th & 26th Sept

Clean Heat Edinburgh Forum

There is a vision of a city wide heat network in Edinburgh. There are, and will be more, smaller local clusters. These will need to be joined together. The Clean Heat Forum is monitoring progress towards a city wide network. Read more.

The Heat Networks Industry Council is carrying out a nationwide workforce skills survey.

35,000 jobs will be required to enable heat networks to supply around a fifth of the UK’s heat by 2050 and this survey aims to help us understand the current position of skills across the sector. This will enable us to plan effectively to achieve a suitably skilled workforce that can deliver new, low-carbon heat networks in towns and cities throughout the UK. Learn more.

District heating plans at Midlothian Council

The council will work with Midlothian Energy Ltd (MEL), a joint venture between the council and Vattenfall Heat UK (part of Swedish energy company Vattenfall AB). MEL is delivering £22 million of initiatives over five years, including its flagship programme to supply low-carbon heat to over 10,000 households, education and retail properties in the new town of Shawfair. MEL will also be working with the council’s Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Team to identify heat network opportunity zones in Midlothian. Read here.

Heat network customers to get better protections over energy bills | UK Gov

More than half a million customers could get access to compensation and fairer energy bills under new regulations to improve their consumer rights. Read more.

Initiatives and tools for heating and cooling | Teams webinar | 20 June

Join us for a dynamic webinar where we dive into the transformative initiatives of three EU projects funded under the LIFE Programme. Discover how they are mobilizing national, regional, and local authorities to drive sustainable energy and climate agendas forward. Register here.

The Scotsman Highland & Islands Green Energy Conference | 5 June

Join us for a day of insightful discussions and debate on the challenges and opportunities in the Highlands and Islands as Scotland aims to lead in green energy transition. Pose your questions to our expert panels and network with industry leaders. Register here.

‘Decarbonising Heat in Buildings’ event

Sustainabuild hosted a morning of networking and expert-led discussions around the theme, ‘Decarbonising Heat in Buildings’. Attendees heard from our heatsource champion Dave Pearson, Group Sustainable Development Director at Star Refrigeration.

HeatSource champion news

ThermaFY, Snugg, Connected Response on the HeatSource discussion panel

At All-Energy two of our HeatSource Champions ThermaFY & Connected Response were joined by Snugg for a panel session on 'How can the supply chain help accelerate the transition to clean heat?' with the project lead Tom Warren.

Tom says: “The panel also had some great discussions supported by expert knowledge from Paul Gilbert, Net Zero Energy Transition Lead (South of Scotland Enterprise), with a standing room only audience hearing how can the supply chain can help accelerate the transition both in the owner occupied market from ThermaFY & Snugg and direct electric heating tariff technology with Connected Response.”

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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.

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