Membership

Be the voice shaping the UK’s energy future

Join ADE and put your business at the heart of the energy transition.

We represent over 150 organisations leading the way in heat networks, energy flexibility and industrial decarbonisation - ADE gives the organisations transforming the energy system a collective voice and a seat at the table.

We are the only trade association bringing together the businesses shaping how energy is used across Demand and Heat Networks.

From influencing policy to championing your sector, we work to create the right conditions for your business to grow.

We connect our members with policymakers, networks and the wider energy industry, helping shape a smarter, more flexible and affordable energy system.

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Member benefits

Members join ADE to shape policy, to be better informed, and to be better connected through the following:

Policy updates and briefings — what changed, what it means for you.
Influencing Government policy — your position, argued where decisions are made.
Networking with partners and clients — across the whole energy supply chain.
Participating in ADE reputation work — research, campaigns and consultations carrying your evidence.
Access to innovators and technology partners.
Support entering the UK market.
Business intelligence — sector data and analysis from ADE Research.
Raising your profile — a member profile in our directory, plus case studies and event platforms.

Our Members

Flexibility Providers, Thermal Storage and Industrial Members

ADE: Demand represents industrial energy users, flexibility providers and thermal storage companies working to decarbonise energy use and build a smarter, more flexible energy system.

Our members include industrial sites seeking to decarbonise, particularly those outside the Government’s CCUS and hydrogen clusters; aggregators, energy technology firms and demand-side response providers; and businesses developing thermal storage for homes and non-domestic buildings.

Our members enable smarter energy consumption, demand shifting and energy storage - helping to balance the grid, reduce bills and cut emissions.

Industrial decarbonisation ADE: Demand represents industrial sites looking to decarbonise, particularly those in dispersed industries outside the Government's CCUS and hydrogen clusters. From food plants in the East of England to distilleries in Scotland over 770,000 direct jobs and 3.6m indirect jobs depend on these industries.

Flexibility Providers ADE: Demand represents flexibility companies including aggregators, energy tech firms and demand-side response providers. Our members enable demand shifting, storage, smart consumption, grid balancing, lower bills, decarbonisation and consumer-led flexibility. Our members cover industrial, commercial, public sector and residential flexibility across the UK.

Thermal Storage ADE: Demand represents both domestic and non-domestic thermal storage members. These technologies store electricity as heat and charge during off-peak periods to ease grid pressure. In domestic settings many can integrate with existing plumbing, making them an accessible way to decarbonise home heating.

District heating ADE: Heat Networks represents district-level heat network developers, including investors, suppliers, pipe and insulation manufacturers, metering and billing companies, contractors and local authorities. District-level heat networks distribute heat from central sources through pipe networks to multiple buildings, serving communities at scale.

Shared Ground Loops ADE: Heat Networks represents shared ground loops, networked ground source heat pumps, communal heat pumps and ambient loop systems. Our members include heat pump suppliers, developers and operators driving low-carbon, shared-ground-array solutions across the UK. Photo: Rendesco/Last Mile

Auxiliary ADE: Heat Networks represents consultancies, legal advisors, financiers, local authorities, housing associations, manufacturers who are all part of the wider heat network ecosystems. Our members also include standard-setting bodies, supporting the wider heat network ecosystem through best practice across UK.

District Heating, Shared Ground Loops and Auxiliary Members

ADE: Heat Networks represents the organisations developing, delivering and supporting shared heating systems across the UK. From district heating networks serving whole communities to shared ground loops, networked heat pumps and ambient loop systems.

Our members span the entire heat network supply chain, including developers, investors, operators, suppliers, manufacturers, contractors, and metering and billing providers. We also represent local authorities, housing associations, consultancies, legal advisers, financiers and standard-setting bodies.

Together, they bring the expertise, investment and technology needed to expand low-carbon heat networks and strengthen best practice across the sector.