The project integrates these energy vectors to serve thousands of homes and businesses in a dense city environment with reliable and decarbonised district heating and electricity.
Project overview
Lead: E.ON
Country: UK
Sector: Urban multi-vector energy system (district heating/cooling + power flexibility)
Stage: Planning / deployment phase
Financing: Risk-sharing mechanisms (developer–utility)
Success factors & impact
01. Price visibility
- 40-year concession agreement secures predictable, long-duration demand at stable prices
- Long-term customer demand embedded within the redevelopment masterplan
02. Infrastructure readiness
- Integrated heating, cooling, and storage infrastructure smooths and shifts electrical demand
- Reduces overall heat and power demand while flattening the local grid peak
03. Flexible systems & economics
- Long-term delivery agreement to design, finance and operate the network bolsters investability
- Utility-led model embeds operational responsibility and long-term revenue visibility
04. Risk sharing & capital models
- System designed in coordination with local planning and heat-network frameworks
System-level value
- Enhances flexibility by reducing grid reinforcement needs and capturing waste heat for reuse
- Optimises heating, cooling, storage and local power demand via risk sharing between the utility, developer and network
- De-risks broader market learning for deploying integrated and flexible solutions in dense urban settings
Key metrics
- ~760,000 m² site
- ~6,000–6,500 homes & businesses served
- ~4,000 tCO₂/year avoided (~88% vs gas boilers)
Source: E.ON