Which district heating schemes have received funding and how much each has received in each year since 1999.

There is no central comprehensive record of funding allocated to, or received by, district heating schemes in Scotland each year since 1999.
However, district heating schemes have benefited from around £23 million funding from UK Government and Scottish Government during this time. Some examples of the recorded programmes are detailed in the following tables.

Pre
- 2007
Post
- 2007
UK Government (Community Energy Programme – Closed 2007)
£17,385,681
-
Scottish Executive / Scottish Government
(SCEDS, SCHRI, SBSS, SRDP, SBHS, CARES, Energy Efficiency Design Awards and Energy Efficiency Budget allocation)
£330,895
£5,208,893

UK Government Community Energy Programme
Year
Scheme
Funding awarded
2002
Shetland Heat & Power
£500,000

Aberdeen City Council
£659,716

University of Edinburgh
£250,000

University of Edinburgh
£1,630,948

University of Dundee
£50,000

Midlothian Council
£449,200
2003
Perthshire HA
£39,796

Cloch HA
£23,600

Shetland HA
£260,080

Angus Community Care Trust
£42,009
2004
Edinburgh University
£2,691,780

Shetland Heat & Power
£230,935

Aberdeen University
£1,753,000

Clydebank HA
£775,760

Lanarkshire HA
£35,000

Dundee University
£65,000

Aberdeen Heat & Power
£1,334,190

Aberdeen Heat & Power
£613,052

Highland Council
£1,545,000
2005
Aberdeenshire Council
£109,000

Fife Council
£1,591,043

Falkirk Council
£983,730

Highland Council
£1,380,000

Total
£17,012,839
Under this UK Government Programme, in addition to the capital grants, Scottish schemes were awarded a total of £372,842 development funding between
2002-2005 to help with feasibility studies and business planning. Unfortunately, there is no record of how this is broken down between schemes.

Scottish Clean Energy Demonstration Scheme (SCEDS)
Year
Scheme
Funding awarded
2002
Whitegates
£77,000
2003
Lynn Road Housing Development (Orkney Housing Association)
£78,071

Total
£155,071

SCHRI Householder/Energy Saving Scotland home renewables grant funding (specifically provided to owner occupiers connecting to the Lerwick District Heating Scheme)
Year
Scheme
Funding awarded
2004
Lerwick District Heating Scheme
£1,368
2005

£29,243
2006

£13,229
2007

£28,898
2008

£25,648
2009

£13,628
2010

£12,902
2011

£3,905

Total
£128,821

Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative (Community)
Year
Scheme
Funding awarded
2004
Braemar District Heating Scheme (Feasibility)
£5,475
2005
Braemar District Heating Scheme (Feasibility)
£4,639
2007
Aboyne Academy (Capital)
£100,000
2008
Houndwood Biomass Project (Feasibility)
£6,500

Cardenden Heat and Power (Feasibility)
£9,467

Dunedin Housing Association (Capital)
£50,000

Total
£176,081

Scottish Community and Householder Renewables Initiative (Highlands and Islands)
Year
Scheme
Funding awarded
2005
Albyn Housing Association Aviemore
£50,000

Glenshellach Servite Housing Association
£71,870

Total
£121,870

Scottish Biomass Support Scheme
Year
Scheme
Funding awarded
F/Y 2007/08
Dalfling Biomass Heating Plant
£36,257

Sabhal Mor Ostaig Biomass Heating Scheme
£265,960

Blairmore
£46,503

Great Glen Cattle Ranch Biomass Project
£47,719

Arniston Energy Limited
£68,674

Eco Heat (Angus)
£56,720

Edinglassie Community Heating Scheme
£26,131

Home Farm, Portree – Phase II-V: Biomass District Heating Scheme
£400,000

Gelston Castle Holiday Cottages Biomass Boiler Installation
£21,361

District Heating System for Marcassie Farmhouse and Steading
£25,309

Touch Business Centre Biomass Project
£89,586

Total
£1,084,220

Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP)
Year
Scheme
Funding awarded
F/Y 2009/10
Craigton Biomass Boiler Heating System
£58,623

Glensaugh Biomass Heating
£22,787

Bridge of Dye Biomass
£57,302

Westfield Farm Biomass
£58,616

Cotton Hillock Affordable Biomass Sch