This document is a Government Response to the consultation that was published in June 2016, on the design and management of the Heat Network Investment Project (”the Project” or “HNIP”).

The Project aims to provide £320m of capital support to increase the volume of heat networks being built, deliver carbon savings, and help create the conditions necessary for a self-sustaining heat network market to develop.

The document summarises the 122 responses from a wide variety of interested stakeholders, including Greater Manchester, on how best to use the capital support funding to overcome barriers to investment in heat networks and achieve the aims of the project.  It also presents the characteristics of the support which is going to be provided by the Project as part of its first phase which will be delivered as a pilot.