Smart Meters in Action: Wick, Scotland

The Wick District Heating Scheme is located in Wick, Caithness, in the Scottish Highlands. It uses woodchip to generate heat by combustion, supplying steam to Pulteney Distillery and providing heating to around 200 homes and public buildings in the area. The original aim of the Wick District Heating Scheme was to provide heating and hot water services to 500 homes in the town of Wick, in the north east of Scotland, and to do so in a cost effective and sustainable manner. Wick has a population of around 7,000 people and a high number of the residents in parts of the town had experienced fuel poverty in the years leading up to the establishment of this scheme.