Waste warmth from Underground set to heat London homes

SWELTERING temperatures from the London Underground will soon be keeping homes warm in the winter months in a new project to harness its heat.

Warmth from the tube’s Northern line will be piped into hundreds of homes and businesses as part of a revolutionary heating scheme in Islington.

The search for alternative sources of renewable heat gained pace after the Government’s pledge to ban gas-fired boilers from new-build homes from 2025.

The plan for north London is one of a growing number across the UK to warm homes using “waste heat” from factories, power plants, rivers and disused mine shafts.

The Islington heat network already keeps about 700 homes warm by channelling heat created in the Bunhill Energy Centre. It generates power into local council housing, schools and a leisure centre.