Greater London Authority

DEEP - the successor project to DEPDU (Decentralised Energy Project Delivery Unit) - provides public sector intervention and support to larger-scale decentralised energy (DE) projects in London that the market is failing to develop and realise. DEEP procures strategic, technical, commercial/financial and legal advisory support services through an OJEU framework to help beneficiaries bring larger-scale DE schemes into operation. These schemes are key in significantly reducing CO2 emissions at market-competitive prices and increase renewable energy generation capacity in London.

The £3.5m-project, which is 50% funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), has established a new decentralised energy framework for the project which all public bodies within England & Wales can make use of for their own procurement activities. The framework is available to be used. 

From the new framework, beneficiaries can call off services which – subject to GLA agreement – will be funded by the project. The project – running through to September 2019 - funds all work [not capital] related to DE projects from early stage heat mapping/energy master planning, taking project ideas from concept through to feasibility, business case, procurement and commercialisation.