District heating in Scotland June 2016 Allan Crooks Programme Manager – Energy & Low Carbon Heat Resource Efficient Scotland Heat Network Partnership for Scotland

Overall priorities for heat in Scotland Low carbon AffordableResilient Scottish Government Heat Policy Statement (June 2015) The heat sector will need to be largely decarbonised by 2050

The heat hierarchy

District heating support measures Policy Planning and regulation SupportHeat mappingFunding

Heat Policy Statement Energy efficiency of Scotland’s homes and non- domestic building stock designated as a National Infrastructure Priority Scottish Energy Efficiency Programme Ambition to achieve 1.5 TWh of Scotland’s heat demand to be delivered by district or communal heating by 2020

Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme £76 million programme, part-funded by ESF, to boost jobs and economic growth in Scotland’s low carbon sector. Scotland wide, cross-sector project development unit, to support the development and acceleration of over 100 low carbon infrastructure projects over 3 years. Heat Network Partnership Coordinated programme of support for district heating: Project directory Co-funded feasibility studies Knowledge Hub (case studies, technical information, reports Project development support from partners: District Heating Strategy Support Programme for Local Authorities Support and the Scotland Heat Map Scotland Heat Map

Planning June 2014updated Scottish Planning Policy (SPP) »The national planning policy context for delivering heat networks »Local development plans should identify where heat networks, heat storage and energy centres exist or would be appropriate and include policies to support their implementation October 2015 Planning and Heat – online planning advice Scottish Cities Alliance project on district heating planning policy and supplementary planning guidance

Regulation Regulation and Standards October 2015Amendment to Pollution Prevention & Control Regulations on energy efficiency of thermal generation and industrial processes November 2014Heat Metering & Billing Regulations »Deadline for notification of heat networks to NMRO – 31 December 2015 and then at least every 4 years July 2015CIBSE/ADE CP1 Heat Networks: Code of Practice for the UK November 2015Heat Trust launched, after two years of collaboration between industry, consumer groups and government Next StepsReport to Scottish Ministers by the Expert Commission on District Heating’s Special Working Group on Regulation

Funding March 2014District Heating Loan Fund - since 2011, over 40 projects with loan offers totalling £10 million (2016) February 2015£1 million loan to Aberdeen Heat & Power March 2015Local Energy Challenge Fund – Round 2 October 2015Water Source Heat Pump Challenge Fund March 2016Announced £7 million for district heating

122 operational projects Around 10,000 homes connected (as of 2014) + schools, hospitals and other public buildings Local authority led city district heating and communal heating Urban and rural towns – renewable district heating Small-scale social housing and private heat networks – mainly biomass Aberdeen Dundee Glasgow Lerwick WickDunfermline West Highland HA Hanover HA Banchory - HoBESCo Existing Heat Networks

Strategic approach to energy Developing the Third Report on Proposals and Policies (RPP3) to RPP3 will be underpinned by our new detailed energy and environmental model for Scotland Continue to be guided by the transformational outcomes set out in the Scottish Government’s Climate Change Delivery Plan (2009) including a largely de- carbonised heat sector by 2050 with significant progress by 2030 Developing an overarching energy strategy building on Heat Policy Statement, Electricity Generation Policy statement and Community Energy Strategy. - system view - decarbonising energy system - local energy approach

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