Swaffham Prior – Renewable Heat Network Feasibility Study (2018)

Bioregional worked alongside Swaffham Prior Community Land Trust (CLT) and undertook an investigation into the feasibility of successfully developing a community scale renewable heat energy installation. The results of this investigation were presented to WRAP as a feasibility report as part of the Stage 1 of the Rural Community Energy Fund (RCEF) grant scheme. The feasibility study identified feasible and practical ways of getting Swaffham Prior off oil as the main heating fuel and replacing oil with a renewable heat source, in this case biomass and ground source heat pumps. A successful HNDU bid was written, and work is now ongoing to secure HNIP funding.