UK Government and the Scottish Government have prioritized the development of a long-term market framework that will drive investment in heat networks, ensure consumers are adequately protected, and support decarbonization. The safe and interoperable growth of the heat networks market is supported by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and the Scottish Government who are working with a wide range of stakeholders to develop policy, regulation and other tools that would enable the further development of the market.
As part of this effort, BEIS and the Scottish Government have acknowledged the important role that standardization can play, and BSI’s unique position and experience as the UK’s National Standards Body (NSB), in supporting the growth of the market, encouraging continued and wide stakeholder collaboration, building upon previous initiatives and good practice, and filling in key knowledge/standards gaps. BEIS and the Scottish Government have therefore asked BSI to carry out a pre-standardization research project that could support the heat networks market framework and help put in place the foundations for future low-carbon heat networks.
