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Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF): guidance on how to apply

Capital grant support is available for the development of new and existing low-carbon heat networks. This page contains guidance and details of how to apply via Triple Point.

Updates to this page

From:
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Published:
4 March 2022
Last updated:
10 June 2026
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  1. GHNF Round 12 is open for applications and will close at 11.59pm on Friday 25 September 2026.

  2. GHNF Round 11 is now closed to applications. The next application round will open shortly.

  3. GHNF Round 11 is now open for applications. It will close at 11.59pm on 1 May 2026.

  4. GHNF Round 10 has now closed for applications. Information about the next application round will be made available in due course.

  5. Updated the privacy notice.

  6. Round 10 of the GHNF is now open for applications and will close at midnight on 7 November 2025.

  7. The GHNF is currently closed to applications. We will provide an update on further funding rounds in due course.

  8. Round 9 is now open, scheduled to close 11 April 2025.

  9. Round 8 has closed. We expect Round 9 to open in Autumn 2024.

  10. Privacy notice updated for Round 8.

  11. Round 8 guidance is now available. Round 8 closes to applications on 28 June 2024.

  12. Round 7 is now open. It closes to applications on 23 February 2024. We have updated the guidance for applicants.

  13. Round 6 guidance is now available; the Round will close to applications on 29 September 2023.

  14. GHNF Round 5 has closed. We will publish revised guidance this summer which will provide details of Round 6 dates.

  15. Round 5 of the Green Heat Networks Fund is open to applications.

  16. Privacy notice updated with details of UKIB and BHIVE delivery partners.

  17. Round 4 now open to applications.

  18. Guidance updated for Round 3 of the Green Heat Network Fund.

  19. Round 2 documents added.

  20. Submission dates for future application rounds confirmed in guidance and scheme overview; the submission deadline for Round 1 remains the same. In the guidance, we have corrected an error in the eligible costs relating to recovery of VAT. Our cookie policy has been included in the privacy notice.

  21. First published.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

Green Heat Network Fund: scheme overview

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Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF): Round 12 application guidance (open for applications)

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Appendix 2: Minimum line items for techno-economic models provided to GHNF (ODS)

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Green Heat Network Fund: updated privacy notice

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/green-heat-network-fund-privacy-notice/green-heat-network-fund-privacy-notice

Green Heat Network Fund: Flyer

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Details

GHNF Round 12 is open for applications and will close at 11.59pm on 25 September 2026.

The Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF) is a capital grant fund that supports:

  • the commercialisation and construction of new low-carbon heat networks (including the supply of cooling)
  • the retrofitting and expansion of existing heat networks

It aims to develop and grow the heat network market and to address some of the challenges of decarbonising the UK’s heat sector. Find out more about heat networks.

Eligibility

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

Individuals, households and sole traders cannot apply.

Timescales

GHNF funding can be drawn down until the 2029 to 2030 financial year.

How to apply

GHNF Round 12 is open for applications and will close at 11.59pm on Friday 25 September 2026.

For further information, email the GHNF delivery partner, Triple Point Heat Networks Investment Management at enquiries@tp-heatnetworks.org or visit the Triple Point Green Heat Networks Fund page.

Background

The GHNF, launched in 2022, is a core element of the government’s Heat Network Transformation Programme (HNTP) and follows on from the progress and development made by the Heat Network Investment Project (HNIP) and the 2021 Green Heat Network Fund Transition Scheme.

The GHNF is led by a third-party delivery partner, Triple Point Heat Networks Investment Management, which is led by Triple Point and supported by AECOM, Asteros Advisers, Amberside Advisors, Talan UK & Ireland Limited and Lux Nova Partners. Find out more about the Delivery Partner and resources.

Further support for heat networks

Heat Network Efficiency Scheme

The Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) provides grant funding for existing operational district heating networks and communal heating systems. It part-funds installation of targeted and cost-effective measures to deliver performance improvements, and optimisation study projects to identify such measures.

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