Swedish energy group Vattenfall is in the running to secure the contract to supply energy to the Brent Cross South regeneration scheme after being chosen as the project’s preferred partner.

The district heating network being developed by Vattenfall’s new UK Energy Solutions operation will harness waste energy taken from the air and the ground to go into 6,700 homes being built across the 180-acre scheme.

Although details have yet to be revealed by Vattenfall, the system will feature a mix of low-carbon plant which will include the UK’s largest installation of heat pumps.