Ground-source heat pumps installed in public parks in Scotland could supply up to 4.5TWh of low-carbon heat each year – enough to meet the demand of 15 per cent of Scottish households. The findings were extrapolated from a survey of 3,500 sites conducted by Greenspace Scotland, which sought to gauge their potential to host low-carbon energy resources such as heat pumps and solar panels and help meet the country’s target of reducing emissions to net zero by 2045.
Public parks highlighted as potential energy source
