Heat network development is progressing, but there is still a long way to go. How can technical, commercial and investor concerns be overcome? Why would a waste to energy operator choose to export heat to a network, rather than energy to a data centre? Are there issues to address around social licence to operate? Should heat off take from waste to energy plants be incentivised?

Jennifer Curtis, Managing Director, Vattenfall Heat UK

Nick Minnit, Development director - Energy, enfinium

George Munson, Assistant Director, Local Authority Advisory, National Wealth fund

James Beal, Low Carbon Heat Specialist | Infrastructure and Technology, Department for Business, Innovation, Science & Trade

Session chair: Charlotte Owen, Business Development Director, Bring Energy