The District Heating Steering Group was established under the Climate Action Plan 2021 to ensure structured development of district heating. The recommendations of the Steering Group were approved by Government in July 2023 and the report will be published shortly.
The Steering Group recommendations to Government identify key principles to facilitate and underpin the rollout of district heating to 2030 and beyond, with a number of recommendations outlining actions necessary to develop this sector in Ireland.
Having fulfilled its initial mandate, the Steering Group will now be reconstituted to focus on delivery and implementation reporting directly to the Heat and Built Environment Taskforce. The remit of the Heat and Built Environment Delivery Taskforce is to accelerate and drive delivery in relation to retrofitting, renewable heat, district heat and decarbonisation of the building stock.