The government should create a level playing field for investment in district heating to boost development of the sector, the Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) has told a group of MPs. In an evidence session to the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee today (January 26), the ADE’s director Dr Tim Rotheray welcomed the £300 million the government has put in place to develop district heat projects, but said the government needs to develop a “regulatory investment framework” during this parliament to support future growth. Rotheray said district heating needs a framework comparable to that which electricity and gas already have so “institutional investors” can compare options and evaluate them on a “level playing field”.
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