Old Oak and Park Royal heat network zone
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Summary
Where Old Oak and Park Royal has got to
Old Oak and Park Royal is the one London scheme named in government's October 2024 announcement of the first places to develop heat network zones. It was not on the original pilot list. The development corporation plans to use waste heat from local data centres and appointed Hemiko as development and funding partner in March 2025. OPDC's own material calls it a designated zone, but no zone can be formally designated until the regulations are in force.
Status
Stage history
- 2Zone development area
Named by government as one of the first places to develop a heat network zone, sharing £5.8m of Advanced Zoning Programme funding.
Source: Six towns and cities to pilot clean heating innovation (GOV.UK, 25 Oct 2024)
Geography
Zone boundaries and candidate areas
The Old Oak and Park Royal Opportunity Area in west London, including Central Middlesex Hospital, using waste heat from data centres.
Source: OPDC announces Hemiko as development and funding partner for innovative heat networkCandidate areas come from government-commissioned studies and council work. They are not legal boundaries. A zone’s boundary is fixed only when it is designated under the zoning regulations.
Delivery
Developers and partners
| Organisation | Role | Date |
|---|---|---|
| HemikoDevelopment and funding partner. The first phase of up to 95GWh is planned in five stages from 2028 to 2040.Source: OPDC announces Hemiko as development and funding partner for innovative heat network (OPDC, Mar 2025) | Development or delivery partner (outside the statutory process) | 31 Mar 2025 |
No statutory zone developer can be appointed until a zone is designated. Partners appointed by councils before then are listed as development or delivery partners.
Today
Existing heat networks
We have found no existing district-scale heat network in Old Oak and Park Royal.
Paper trail
Council and government documents
| Date | Document |
|---|---|
| OPDC announces Hemiko as development and funding partner for innovative heat networkOld Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation | |
| OPDC pioneers innovative money-saving technology in one of England's first heat network zonesOld Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation | |
| Six towns and cities to pilot clean heating innovationDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero |
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- Six towns and cities to pilot clean heating innovation — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, 25 October 2024
- OPDC pioneers innovative money-saving technology in one of England's first heat network zones — Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation, 29 October 2024
- OPDC announces Hemiko as development and funding partner for innovative heat network — Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation, 31 March 2025
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