Background to Heat Vision 2030
Heat Vision 2030 started out life with a small group of companies keen to explore how you could decarbonise the heating system across a large central area of a city. As far as we were aware in the UK, this had not been done before. However we knew of large scale schemes elsewhere in Europe and we wanted to demonstrate it was feasible in the UK. So back in 2020/21 we used our industry knowledge and some smart software tools from Comsof Heat to produce a high level business model for the centre of Glasgow. We then organised a series of online workshops that attracted significant national and international audiences to explain our results and explore the current challenges facing the sector. Most of these were recorded and we have published the links through this website.
In 2024 the same group decided that, 3 years later, it would be a great time to bring together a wider group of industry experts to progress across the heat network sector and see whether any of the earlier challenges had been overcome. Also to understand whether the challenges we faced 3 years ago were still the same ones that constrained the industry now. The group was keen to keep meeting on a regular basis so we are continuing to monitor the market and share our thinking around challenges and opportunities.
We aim to do this by engaging influencers, policy makers and key decision-makers at a central and local level in detailed discussions highlighting credible scenarios. We are keen to shape market interventions around policy and regulation in ways that will lead to a cascade of positive benefits for low carbon heat.
Through our face-to-face workshops, online sessions, webinars and social media we continue to engage with a large group of stakeholders involved in heat networks in the UK and internationally. We are open to engaging with all other groups that share our heat vision.