DOMESTIC and commercial customers in eligible properties in Torry will be able to enter agreements to have their heating supplied by the Torry Heat Network.
Aberdeen City Council’s finance and resources committee agreed the move after a report set out how the agreements would be reached.
Aberdeen Heat and Power – which operates the supply to buildings from other district heat networks across the city – will enter discussions with three commercial organisations and domestic households. There will also be potential additional opportunities with other commercial organisations to maximise the financial and carbon savings as the network is extended.
Councillor Ian Yuill, council co-leader and committee vice-convener, said, “It is good to hear progress of the Torry Heat Network and the facility for Aberdeen Heat and Power to continue discussions with three commercial organisations as well as domestic households is to be welcomed. We are committed to reducing fuel poverty and the heat networks across the city which provide reduced-cost power are a major contributor to this goal as well as helping the city towards net zero.”
The report to committee said the two of the commercial organisations which will be having discussions with Aberdeen Heat and Power are Grampian Housing Association for its proposed mixed-use re-development of the former Victoria Road school and Ark Housing Association for its Balnagask Court premises.
As the network is extended through future phases, Aberdeen Heat and Power would seek to enter further heat supply agreements with other potential commercial customers. The report said the Scottish Government’s facility services has expressed an interest in the potential for this network to supply heat to the Marine Laboratory in Torry.
