We believe that this form of soft persuasion would be beneficial to unlocking stalled conversations with statutory bodies where we are trying to install infrastructure that could potentially affect their undertaking and where, as a result, the default position of these third parties is to be obstructive not co-operative. Funding for heat networks: Scotland provides heat network funding through SHNF), a capital grant program for public and the Scotland's Heat Network Fund ( private organizations to develop new, expand existing, or decarbonize existing heat networks.