Energy Centre 2
Following the award of more than £21million of funding from the Government’s Green Heat Network Fund (GHNF), Lancaster University began construction of 'Energy Centre 2', a new energy centre, in November 2024 and the project will complete in Spring 2027.
The new facility on the outer edge of south east campus will virtually eliminate the use of gas to heat its Lancaster campus. The energy centre will use state-of-the-art heat pump technology to generate a projected 39-Gigawatt hours (GWh) of low carbon heat, enough to heat 95% of the buildings on campus.
The existing heating pipework (District Heat Network) has been extended to increase its coverage across campus buildings from approximately 65% to 95%. Between November 2024 and December 2025, an additional 6.5km of district heating pipework was installed, and work is underway to connect campus buildings to the heat network. Once connected, the buildings will benefit directly from the new energy centre and its low-carbon heating supply.
