Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:

To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing to community heat and power networks to assist them in delivering net zero targets.

The Government have funds providing financial support to heat networks to help them meet their net zero targets.

The Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF) is intended to facilitate the transition towards low carbon heat generation for new and existing heat networks across England. The £288m fund opened for applications in March 2022 and will run until 2025.

The Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) provides grants for existing heat networks and communal heating systems to part-fund the installation of targeted and cost-effective improvement measures to deliver performance improvements. HNES launched in February 2023 and will deploy up to £30m.