Digital delivery: Why smarter pipework planning is becoming essential for heat networks
By Mark Whettall, Managing Director, CPV Ltd
The heat network sector continues to scale up and projects are becoming larger, more complex and subject to increasing scrutiny by regulators and system owners. Developers, consultants, contractors and n…
A Beginner’s Guide to Selecting Pre-Insulated Pipe Systems for Buried Heat Networks
Heat networks are becoming an essential part of the UK’s low-carbon future. Whether you’re working on a small communal scheme or a city-scale district heating network, the one place you don’t want surprises is with your buried pipe system. Most long…
Closing the standards gap for rigid polymer pre-insulated heat network pipes
By Mark Whettall, Managing Director, CPV Ltd
Heat networks now have a seat at the top table. You could view the commencement of Ofgem’s regulatory role in January 2026 as the defining moment, when heat networks came of age and could be seen as a vi…
Warm Homes Plan: demand certainty is coming – buried infrastructure has to be ready
By Mark Whettall, Managing Director, CPV Ltd
The UK Government’s Warm Homes Plan arrives at a moment when low-carbon heat is shifting from ambition to delivery. For heat networks, that matters: our sector has long sat between strong technical logic…
Turning Waste into Warmth: Why EfW Must Sit at the Heart of the UK’s Heat Network Expansion
By Mark Whettall, Managing Director, CPV Ltd
Heating our homes, workplaces and public buildings still accounts for around a third of the UK’s greenhouse-gas emissions. Yet today, heat networks meet only about 3 per cent of our national heat demand…
The Importance of Water Treatment and Monitoring in Buried Heat Networks
Why the water inside your heat network matters as much as the pipework itself
As the UK accelerates the rollout of low-carbon heat networks, the importance of proper water treatment and ongoing monitoring cannot be overstated. The quality of water…