Northumberland County Council (NCC) are seeking to investigate the opportunity to create a low carbon District Heat Network (DHN) that utilises heat from mine water. This is a relatively new technology but is getting a lot of attention as an alternative (where existing mine structures exist) to natural gas as a low carbon heating source. NCC are looking to appoint a supplier to undertake feasibility studies for the towns of Alnwick, Ashington, Berwick, Hexham and Morpeth.