Partnership Models: Financing Heat Networks & Local Energy Systems
Across Europe, cities and municipalities are looking to modernise local energy systems, with heat networks playing an increasingly important role in decarbonisation and energy resilience strategies.
Delivering these projects at scale requires more than technical solutions. Municipalities, investors and operators need partnership models that balance public objectives with commercial requirements, from securing long-term demand and allocating risk to creating investable opportunities. As Central and Eastern European markets transform existing heating infrastructure, lessons from established markets are increasingly relevant. Successful partnerships must look beyond individual assets and consider how integrated local energy systems can deliver resilience, commercial value and long-term benefits.
This session will explore how strategic public-private partnerships can unlock investment in local energy infrastructure, including the role of heat networks within wider energy systems. It will examine what makes projects investable, how stakeholders can overcome delivery challenges, and what lessons can be applied across the UK and Central & Eastern Europe.
Discussion Points
- What delivery models are proving successful?
- What should municipalities do differently to attract private capital?
- How are investors' expectations changing?
- Where will the next investable opportunities emerge?
- Which UK lessons are genuinely transferable to CEE, and which need adapting?
Live session & recording
This webinar will take place at 2pm BST via Teams. Find your local time zone.
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