Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme: quarterly report September 2025

SP Energy Networks Re-Heat

Project Organisation:

SP Distribution PLC

Technology type(s):

Air source heat pumps, smart controllers and thermal storage

Location:

East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire and the Highlands

Grant value:

£112,931

Completion date:

March 2024

Project description:

The project installed air source heat pumps, thermal storage and smart controllers in 32 rural or semi-rural homes across 3 council areas in Scotland: East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire and the Highlands. The project demonstrates how storage and smart controls can reduce the peak demands of heat pumps on energy networks. The demonstrator project is expected to help to facilitate a quicker transition to low carbon heat by reducing the extent to which energy networks require upgrading. SP Distribution PLC worked alongside E.ON Energy Solutions Ltd and delivery partner Derryherk Ltd to deliver the project.