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Issue 11 – April 2014 carbon if it is made from bioenergy. The amounts of bioenergy required to deliver a significant share of the nation’s space heating are very large.” A great deal is happening in the district heating sector at present, so it might be useful to pen some reflections in response to the feedback from the workshops reported by Prof MacKay in his blog. Firstly it’s heartening to see the level of interest in district heating being shown at these workshops. This is borne out by the Vanguard Networks’ own experience over the past few years which has helped support some excellent efforts being undertaken by cities and local authorities across the length and breadth of the UK to help stimulate the development of heat networks. It should be recognised, that district heating activities are not being undertaken solely in response to helping reduce the carbon impact of local energy systems, but also to provide affordable heat, exploit local waste heat resources, stimulate economic development and take advantage of key regeneration opportunities, and to improve energy resilience and security. These are all actions beyond of the scope of a simple 2050 carbon calculator tool but are all priorities that need to be factored in when evaluating where a technology such as district heating could fit in to any future energy strategy. The UK government has also highlighted its desire to increase competition in the energy market. Whilst many local authorities have a strong desire to help support their local communities through the provision of energy services, the building new CCS plant or a new nuclear power station to provide such competition is probably beyond PWLB lending criteria! On the other hand many municipalities across Europe, North America and elsewhere are showing the benefits that they can deliver through the use of district heating and establishing local energy companies where their priority is to deliver cleaner, affordable energy to local homes and businesses. Further on in the blog, Prof Mackay goes on to say that the calculator needs to expand the range of heating options to include district heating options served by large-scale heat pumps, as already exists in a number of Scandinavian and North American cities. It does seem odd the 2050 calculator covers everything from CCS to new nuclear, where progress has been patchy at best, to include even esoteric areas of energy technology such as geologic sequestration, but has not to date considered large scale heat pumps and district heating. As Prof Mackay points out – this is something already being used in cities elsewhere – and perhaps points to a peculiar UK government trait of always seeking to create new and unique solutions to solve our energy priority objectives (Green Deal any one?) – when sometimes it might just be good occasionally to use something tried and tested elsewhere? Other areas where government might consider commissioning research are: Studying the huge resource of waste heat that could be made available to district heating. A recent study on low carbon heat by the Greater London Produced in association withPDF Image | District Energy Vanguards Network Newsletter 11
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