The Department of Energy & Climate Change’s recent press release announced the launch of a map that identifies rivers and estuaries in cities and towns across England that could provide clean, reliable heating to thousands of homes and businesses and accommodate heat pumps with the capacity to each generate more than 1 megawatt of power – which is enough to provide heating and hot water to around 400 – 500 homes. The map shows that there is around 40 urban rivers and estuaries that could provide large-scale renewable heating supplies to local communities through water source heat pumps, instead of traditional gas-fired or electric domestic heating. Water source heat pumps operate by taking heat from the water and feeding it into local heat networks or single buildings, providing a low-carbon source of renewable heat to local areas. The map is designed to help local authorities, private developers and community groups to identify prime locations to install large water source heat pumps, by aligning suitable bodies of water with areas where there is a high demand for heat. For further information, visit DECC’s website.
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