The Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF) is a capital grant fund that opened to applicants in the spring of 2022. It provides support to organisations in the public, private, and third sectors, offering commercialisation and construction funding for heat network projects in England.

The UK government's vision for the GHNF is to accelerate the heat network market transition to low-carbon heat sources via targeted financial support, that will help stimulate the increased deployment of low-carbon technologies at scale. The GHNF objectives are to:

• Achieve carbon savings and decreases in carbon intensity of heat supplied.
• Increase the total amount of low-carbon heat utilisation in heat networks (both retrofitted and new heat networks).
• Contribute towards market transformations across the investment landscape and supply chain that will better prepare the heat network sector for further decarbonisation.

Eligibility

The GHNF provides capital grant funding to organisations in the public, private and third sectors in England.

Individuals, households and sole traders cannot apply.

Timescales

GHNF funding can be drawn down up until the 2027-2028 financial year.