North East & Yorkshire Net Zero Hub

What North East & Yorkshire Net Zero Hub does

The North East & Yorkshire Net Zero Hub is a publicly funded regional advisory body operating under Tees Valley Combined Authority and funded by the UK's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). It is one of five Net Zero Hubs in England established to accelerate regional decarbonisation. The Hub delivers six interconnected core programmes: Powering Growth (clean energy economic development), Energising Communities (support for community-owned renewable energy), Warming Homes (social housing energy efficiency retrofits), Improving Public Buildings / NEYPED (public estate decarbonisation for councils, NHS trusts, schools, and emergency services), Heating Neighbourhoods (Heat Network Zoning implementation support under the Energy Act 2023), and Sharing Knowledge (Carbon Literacy training, energy audits, and workshops). It does not develop proprietary technology; instead it coordinates deployment of mature clean energy technologies including heat networks, heat pumps, solar PV, and building management systems across its region.

The Hub operates as an intermediary between national government policy and local delivery, administering multiple pass-through funding programmes including the Great British Energy Community Fund (£5m nationally), Warm Homes Social Housing Fund (~£44m secured, matched by £53m partner funding), Community Energy Fund, Energy Project Enabling Fund, and Rural Community Energy Fund. It convenes and manages consortia — most notably a 22-partner Warm Homes consortium and a 15-partner Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund consortium — that aggregate demand from local authorities and housing associations to access national funding rounds. All services are provided free at point of use; the Hub generates no commercial revenue and is entirely funded by DESNZ grant allocations and programme administration budgets. Its customer base is exclusively public sector bodies, housing associations, community energy organisations, and residents in hard-to-reach communities across the North East and Yorkshire region. Cumulative reported outcomes include 200MW of clean energy delivered, 20,000 homes improved, and a 1,344% increase in regional community energy organisations since 2019.

Name

North East & Yorkshire Net Zero Hub

Legal name

Tees Valley Combined Authority

Website

https://neynetzerohub.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The North East & Yorkshire Net Zero Hub is a publicly funded regional advisory body, hosted by Tees Valley Combined Authority and funded by DESNZ, that coordinates clean energy deployment, social housing retrofits, public estate decarbonisation, and heat network zoning across the North East and Yorkshire, serving local authorities, housing associations, community energy groups, and public sector organisations free of charge.

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akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Sector Decarbonisation Advisory Services

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (925)

akta.pro primary industry

Decarbonization Strategy & Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) Advisory (EUABAKAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Net-Zero Target Setting & SBTi/Net-Zero Standard Support (EUABAKAA), Sector-Specific Net-Zero Pathways & Benchmarking (hard-to-abate methodologies) (EUABAKAI)

Keywords

• Public sector decarbonisation
• Community energy funding
• Social housing retrofit
• Heat network zoning support
• Net zero advisory services

Headquarters

HQ city

Darlington

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: The Hub is funded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and hosted by Tees Valley Combined Authority. It provides free advisory and support services to public sector organizations and communities. No commercial revenue is generated.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The North East & Yorkshire Net Zero Hub is a government-funded regional advisory and coordination service that provides free support to public sector organisations, social housing providers, and community energy groups across the North East and Yorkshire regions of England. It administers multiple national funding programmes (including the Great British Energy Community Fund, Warm Homes Social Housing Fund, Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, and Energy Project Enabling Fund) and delivers six core programme areas covering community energy development, home energy efficiency improvements, public estate decarbonisation, heat network zoning, knowledge sharing, and clean growth.

Product overview

The North East & Yorkshire Net Zero Hub is a regional advisory and support service funded by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, hosted by Tees Valley Combined Authority. The Hub offers a portfolio of interconnected programmes addressing the net zero transition across the region. Core service areas include Energising Communities (supporting community energy groups), Warming Homes (energy efficiency improvements for social housing), Improving Public Buildings (public estate decarbonisation), Heating Neighbourhoods (heat network zoning support), and Sharing Knowledge (training and workshops). The Hub administers multiple funding programmes including the Great British Energy Community Fund, Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund, Warm Homes Social Housing Fund, Community Energy Fund, Energy Project Enabling Fund, and Rural Community Energy Fund. These programmes are designed to work together to deliver clean energy, reduce carbon emissions, and support the UK's net zero targets across the North East and Yorkshire region.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NEYPED (North East and Yorkshire Public Estate Decarbonisation programme): A programme working directly with regional authorities, schools, the NHS and blue light services to help them cut energy costs and carbon emissions of their buildings.
• Warm Homes Social Housing Fund Consortium

Products and services

• Powering Growth

Quantifiable outcome

• 200MW of clean energy delivered
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers29 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tees Valley Combined AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHost organisation for the North East and Yorkshire Net Zero Hub. TVCA is a Combined Authority covering Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees areas.
• NHS Green TeamminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for delivering public estate decarbonisation support to NHS trusts across the region.
• Let's Go Zero for SchoolsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership supporting schools in achieving net zero targets through the NEYPED programme.
• Heat Networks Delivery Unit (HNDU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment programme providing grant funding and guidance for early-stage heat network project development. The Hub coordinates local support for this national programme.
• GemservminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAdministers the Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) on behalf of DESNZ.
• North East and Yorkshire Community Energy Steering GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional forum bringing together stakeholders to develop the community energy sector, with an Action Plan to accelerate growth and strengthen capability and capacity.
• Community Energy Fund recipientsminorOthersOver 130 local projects funded through Community Energy Fund (2023-2024), Rural Community Energy Fund (2019-2021), and Energy Project Enabling Fund (2022-2025).

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Carbon Trust: Established UK decarbonisation advisory organisation providing corporate and public sector net zero strategy services, carbon footprinting, and target-setting support. Comparable as a UK-focused decarbonisation advisory body, though commercial rather than government-grant funded.
• Salix Finance: UK public sector-funded organisation providing interest-free loans for public sector energy efficiency and decarbonisation projects. Comparable as a government-backed delivery vehicle for public estate decarbonisation funding, though it operates a loan rather than grant model.
• Energy Savings Trust: UK charity providing independent advice on energy efficiency, low carbon transport, and renewable energy to households, businesses, and public sector. Overlaps with the Hub's energy advice (LEAD programme) and home retrofit advisory functions at a national level.
• Great British Energy: UK government-owned energy company providing funding and delivery support for community and clean energy projects. Acts as the Hub's funding partner via the Great British Energy Community Fund and represents a structural counterparty in the Hub's ecosystem.

Direct peers

• Centre for Sustainable Energy: Bristol-based charity delivering community energy and household energy advice programmes across the South West, including the LEAD model. Operates a comparable community energy advisory and energy poverty support model that the Hub has adopted regionally.
• Midlands Net Zero Hub: Peer Net Zero Hub covering the Midlands region, funded by DESNZ and delivering the same portfolio of community energy, public estate decarbonisation, and social housing retrofit programmes with an identical consortium model.
• South West Net Zero Hub: Peer Net Zero Hub covering the South West region. Operates the same DESNZ-mandated decarbonisation advisory model and administers the same national funding programmes locally, making it directly comparable in structure and scope.
• North West Net Zero Hub: One of the five regional Net Zero Hubs in England delivering DESNZ-funded decarbonisation programmes. Operates a structurally identical model (government-funded advisory, consortium-led funding bids, community energy support) in the North West region, making it the closest functional peer.

Emerging players

• Local Partnerships: UK public sector-owned advisory body providing consultancy on local authority infrastructure, regeneration, and decarbonisation projects. Comparable as a specialist public-sector advisory for local authorities, with overlap on heat networks and net zero strategy.

Others

• Heat Networks Delivery Unit (HNDU): DESNZ unit providing grant funding and guidance for early-stage heat network project development. The Hub coordinates local support for HNDU's national programme, making HNDU both a partner and an upstream comparable entity in heat network policy.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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