Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme: quarterly report September 2025

Queens Quay and Clydebank District Heating Network

Project Organisation:

West Dunbartonshire Council

Technology type(s):

Two 2.65MW water source heat pumps, District Heating Network (DHN)

Location:

Queens Quay by the River Clyde, on the site of the former John Brown Shipyard, Clydebank

Grant value:

£6.1 million

Completion date:

October 2021

Project description:

The project constructed an energy centre housing two 2.65MW water source heat pumps which extract heat from the adjacent River Clyde basin. It also houses a gas-fired backup boiler to provide additional peak demand when required. Initial carbon savings from the project are approximately 409 tCO₂e in the first year but this is expected to increase to as much as 5705 tCO₂e by 2040 when more connections are added and the grid decarbonises. The project provides socioeconomic benefits for 150 new and existing homes (social and private housing), the Library and Town Hall and the planned connection of the Golden Jubilee Hospital.