Government pledges £9.4 million for low carbon heating

The announcement came as the government launched a £7 million initiative whereby developers are invited to bid for funding for new heat networks technologies, in the hopes that this will benefit homes and businesses while cutting costs and carbon emissions.

Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Davey said: “Recovering wasted heat from industrial plants or landfill sites means we can heat our homes and businesses more efficiently, as well as helping to drive down energy bills. Improving the way we heat our buildings and helping local authorities fund innovative and more efficient ways of supplying lower carbon heat will also reduce our dependency on costly, imported gas. “

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