Heat Networks Delivery Plan Review Report 2026
The Heat Networks (Scotland) Act 2021 requires that the Heat Networks Delivery Plan (HNDP) is reviewed every two years, and that Scottish Ministers prepare a report of our progress towards meeting the provisions of the Act. This is the second report, with the first published in 2024.
Footnotes
1 Organisations that have submitted Building Assessment Reports include:
- Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Government, Police Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland, Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service, National Museums Scotland, NatureScot, Visit Scotland, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency, National Library of Scotland, Registers of Scotland,
- Dumfries and Galloway and Inverclyde councils, Scottish Borders and Eildon housing associations, Clyde Gateway Developments.
- Glasgow Caledonian and Heriot Watt Universities, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow Clyde, South Lanarkshire and Edinburgh colleges
2 Local Heat and Energy Efficiency Strategies (LHEES) Order 2022
3 Based on 2023 figures for Scotland’s total final energy consumption produced by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
4 Further details about the requirements during the phase in are available at Heat networks | Ofgem
5 In Scotland consumers should use the webchat function at energyadvice.scot or call 0808 196 8660.
6 These figures include the 8 strategic heat network support projects reference in paragraph 13.
7 These figures were compiled on 5 March 2026.
8 This figure was compiled on 5 March 2026.
9 Scottish Green Public Sector Estate Decarbonisation Scheme Progress Report, published Aug 2025
10 This includes over £24 million capital grants awarded since 2020 for Torry, Midlothian Energy and Hazelhead heat networks using heat recovered from energy from waste in Aberdeen and Midlothian and a crematorium in Aberdeen, and pre-capital support for potential projects in Dundee, Paisley, Alloa and Inverness which consider a variety of heat sources including heat recovery from sewers, waste water treatment plant and an energy from waste facility. (These data were compiled 5 March 2026.)
11 This was reported as 1.35 TWh in the Heat Networks Delivery Plan: Review Report 2024. The slight discrepancy in figures is due to a rounding error.
12 There is also a small amount of cooling supplied which is not reported in this figure due to the data limitations. The amount of cooling accounts for only a small proportion of the total combined thermal energy (that is heating and cooling) supplied by heat networks.
Contact
Email: heatnetworks@gov.scot