The London Strategic Heat Main has secured £41.63m to develop low-carbon heat infrastructure, with potential capacity equivalent to up to 650,000 homes.

Sheffield is considering a programme of insulation, solar and battery upgrades that could reach around 9,850 council homes by April 2030. The proposals go to the Housing Policy Committee on 22 October.

Pierrepont Gamston Primary School has received heat pumps and associated heating improvements through a project delivered by Nottinghamshire County Council. A £200,000 Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme grant contributed to the £551,056 project.

Queen Margaret University has applied for permission for a solar scheme at its Musselburgh campus. Modelling indicates that ground-mounted and roof-mounted panels could together generate around 1.08 GWh a year.

Luton has installed its first EV chargepoints specifically supporting council housing residents. The new fast chargers serve five council-owned housing locations, including areas where residents lack private driveways.

Actemium says it has been appointed as one of two suppliers to Network Rail’s £13 million road-fleet EV charging framework for Wales and the West of England. Up to 45 operational locations are expected to be included.

UK Power Networks has launched a trial of Blue Light, a digital tool intended to help emergency services plan fleet electrification. It offers early visibility of site electrical capacity and the potential impact of charging demand.

Transport for Wales has awarded a contract for a bus fleet analysis modelling system. The software will support in-house assessment of zero-emission bus deployment across different transition scenarios.

NHS Property Services has published an award notice for an air-source heat-pump installation at Fullwell Cross Medical Centre. The works replace gas heating with an electric air-to-water system and associated distribution improvements.

Anglian Building Products reports that its partnership with Saffron Housing has won a decarbonisation award. Its update also sets out plans to bring 265 properties to EPC C or above in the first year, against 150 originally envisaged.

Salix’s 2025–26 annual report update describes support for 560 Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme projects in delivery or completion. Together, those projects are forecast to save more than 474,000 tonnes of carbon emissions annually.

The Welsh Government has set out action to strengthen transport resilience across rail, buses, roads and ports. Future investment is intended to support both climate adaptation and the transition to lower-carbon transport.

Twenty community energy projects have secured a share of more than £400,000 in Southwark’s latest funding round. Supported work ranges from feasibility studies to solar, heating and lighting improvements.

West Suffolk Council says the final stage of decarbonisation work at The Apex is complete. The programme replaced gas boilers with air-source heat pumps and included LED lighting and other electrical upgrades.

A new Salix case study details Abertay University’s £118,000 library solar project. The installed system supports a wider campus decarbonisation programme, with estimated annual carbon savings of 15.5 tonnes CO₂e.

Almost 1,200 solar panels are being installed at Guildford Spectrum. The council expects the array to produce around 500,000 kWh annually, equivalent to roughly 12% of the leisure centre’s electricity needs.

The government’s updated Heat Network Efficiency Scheme page confirms Round 13 closed on 9 October. Applications for Round 14 are expected to open on 30 November 2026, subject to budget availability.

West Sussex County Council has issued a tender for a four-year, multi-supplier framework covering operation and maintenance of rooftop solar systems. The published estimated framework value is £2.52 million.

A newly published amendment extends Rotherham’s Local Area Energy Plan submission deadline to 6 November 2026 at noon. The procurement seeks evidence and modelling to shape the borough’s energy transition.

The University of York’s geothermal heating project has moved forward after permission was granted for drilling. Salix says the £35 million Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme-funded project is preparing for drilling in 2027.