Laying district heating pipes is a significant undertaking; steps taken to make the planning more efficient will pay dividends. Towns, cities, and regions are in a race to reduce their energy ...

Energy giant E.ON has announced plans for a multimillion-pound investment to double the size of its district heating network in Sheffield. It currently has a five-mile (8km) pipe network in the Don ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hannah Strickland says she's angry that new Ofgem regulations do not include an energy price cap for customers connected to a heat ...

District heating is a proven, efficient, and cost-effective way to reduce carbon emissions from buildings and industries. Several cities worldwide are implementing innovative district heating projects ...

More than 500,000 customers on heat networks are to be protected from unfair energy price hikes from this week when they finally come under Ofgem regulation. The previously unregulated industry ...

In June, the government set out plans to create low-carbon heat-network zones, within which large buildings and new housing would be required to connect to networks under threat of financial penalties ...

Vattenfall planning to invest £1 billion in infrastructure needed to deliver the clean heating option in five to eight UK cities by 2030. Installing heat networks to replace home gas boilers in urban ...

A consortium of scientists and companies led by the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) has demonstrated the technical and economical feasibility of solar-powered heating of buildings in a given ...