Commercial customers

Our network

Initially, the scheme supplied public buildings - Gateshead Civic Centre, the Glasshouse, BALTIC and Gateshead College - and homes managed by Gateshead Council. However, the scheme has grown, connecting further council buildings and depots, as well as a leisure centre, Shipley Art Gallery and Talmudical College.

In 2020, the first new-build office, the 5000m2 RIGA building, was connected to the heat and power network. By the end of 2023, we served 23 buildings and 741 homes.

Benefits of the Gateshead Energy Network 

• low-carbon heat and power generation  
• uses old assets such as mines to help reach net zero  
• investment and regeneration in the local area  
• improved air quality by reduced carbon emissions  
• an investment opportunity
• energy security  
• Gateshead revenue reinvested in the borough,  supporting the local economy
• public controlled energy  
• supporting residents to Thrive