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This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
"PROJECT AIMS Model commercial feasibility of a low-carbon, multi-vector energy system in Caldicot that includes: 1. A retrofitted district heating network, directing heat from water extraction generated by Networ...
Funded by: ISCF
Lead research organisation: MONMOUTHSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
The project aims to model the commercial feasibility of a low-carbon, multi-vector energy system that includes shared ground loops, mine-water heat, low temperature heat networks, and CHP/heat pump deployment.
Private ownership of the electricity industry means large scale investments are often less attractive than smaller, modular generation with rapid construction times. Emerging technologies for such smaller, 'decentralised...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Surrey
The project discusses decentralised energy systems and cogeneration of power and heat, which are relevant to the question, but does not cover all the specific local energy networks mentioned in the question.
A key potential pillar of the energy revolution - and one of the most uncertain in its technological configuration, economic impact, societal trade-offs and regulatory control - is the growth of local energy systems (LES...
Funded by: ISCF
Lead research organisation: University of Strathclyde
The project focuses on understanding and quantifying the impacts of widespread local energy system scale-up, which includes shared ground loops, mine-water heat, low temperature heat networks, and CHP/heat pump deployment, in a whole systems context.