Derek Leask News Today

  Shetland Heat Energy and Power is the largest local energy company operating a heat network in Shetland. Providing low emission heating and hot water to over 1200 properties in Lerwick the company supplies around 20% of the total demand for heating and hot water in the...

MINISTER for zero carbon buildings Patrick Harvie has been in the isles today (Tuesday) to announce improved funding for climate-friendly heating systems and energy efficiency measures installed by social landlords. The changes include more money for schemes that come under the...

An islands MP has welcomed news that the UK Government will U-turn and allow organisations to make use of tax rebated fuel.

THE COST of heating Lerwick homes and businesses connected to the district heating scheme will go up by between seven to eight per cent from 1 April. Shetland Heating Energy and Power (SHEAP) said the company, which is owned by the Shetland Charitable Trust, had been able to...

THE IDEA of creating a Shetland-wide district heating task force to help to understand its potential for decarbonising heating and better plan future developments has been floated following a visit of a group of Danish experts to the isles. Denmark is widely seen as the world...

DISTRICT heating is now the cheapest energy source available for people to heat their homes, and it is the only one that is being controlled locally. Shetland Heat Energy & Power (SHEAP) director Derek Leask said the company - which operates the Lerwick district heating...

The project has received support from the Scottish Government

Award-winning innovation in Shetland proves that Scandanavian countries arent the only ones ahead of the curve with large-scale district heating…

THE COMPANY operating the district heating scheme in Lerwick will not be increasing its energy tariffs in the new financial year and will continue to charge a very competitive 6.9 pence per kilowatt/hour. Shetland Heat Energy and Power’s (SHEAP) executive director Derek Leask...

http://shet.news/mor9m Copied! THERE are hopes that more properties could connect to the Lerwick districting heating scheme in the future, with a Scottish Government push to reduce emissions in homes and buildings likely to help the cause. Neville Martin, working as a project consultant for operator Shetland Heat Energy & Power (SHEAP), told a meeting of Lerwick Community Council that a planned upgrade to the Energy Recovery Plant at Gremista could provide more power to the system – an...