The British government is pushing a project to use waste heat from data centres and other sites and to upgrade ageing heat networks to provide low-carbon heating to more than 750,000 households. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will provide 90 million pounds to build new heat networks and improve existing ones. The largest project is in London, with a Thames-linked network and a plan to ship hot water by electric barge before pipes are completed.

South Korea\'s Ministry of Science and ICT plans to expand international cooperation to commercialise fusion power with leading countries including Britain and the United States. First Vice Minister Ku Hyuk-chae attended the Global Fusion Policy Summit in London and discussed ways to broaden bilateral and multilateral cooperation. The meeting explored extending cooperation beyond technology development to regulation, commercialisation and industrial ecosystems. Ku also met a British energy minister to review joint R&D and discuss further cooperation.