Mancs in the dark over council's £24m energy network performance after £1.3m losses and no net zero gain

Mancunians remain in the dark over how a £2m council-funded green energy network is performing – after initially making £1.3m in losses and failing to contributing to net zero targets.

The town hall-owned Manchester Energy Network opened in 2021, using a giant ‘people’s boiler’ on Lower Moseley Street to supply hot water and heat to nearby important city centre buildings like the Bridgewater Hall.

The boiler’s chimney, called the Tower of Light, even won architectural awards and was nicknamed the ‘Granada Familia’, owing to its likeness to Gaudí’s iconic Sagrada Família basilica in Barcelona.

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But the £24m project has been beset by problems which meant it ‘had