Tag Archives: CHP

Generation Plant Efficiency Needs to be Improved

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Admin

12 July 2011: Radio 4’s Today programme coverage of the launch of the Government’s White Paper on electricity market reform (to be launched later today) included a short piece on how new generating plant would have to become much more efficient. The gave an example of London’s Citigen Combined Heat and Power (CHP) scheme, operated by E.ON, as a future example of how power stations would have to operate. Citigen is sited deep underground Smithfield’s market providing heat and cooling to a number of city institutions. Listen to the radio piece here.

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Pimlico and Whitehall Decentralised Energy

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Admin

7 July 2011: DECC’s Carbon Management Plan (see Note 7 of press release linked) published yesterday, provides a brief update on an LDA project which involves the connection between the Whitehall and Pimlico district heating schemes in order to improve the operational efficiency of the two existing combined heat and power (CHP) plants. The Plan states that “The feasibility of linking to the Whitehall District Heating Scheme will be investigated if this Scheme is opened to new participants over the period of the Plan. An estimated cost for joining the scheme has been included in the planned projects below but it is not currently possible to estimate what the likely costs or savings would be.” £50,000 has been allocated by DECC to progress this action.

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Sky cuts ribbon on Europe’s greenest studios

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Admin

4 Jul 2011: Business Green article providing details on Sky’s new broadcasting studios in Osterley, West London, which include on site a wind turbine, natural air cooling systems and also a “a biomass-fuelled combined cooling, heat and power (CCHP) plant which will supply at least 20 per cent of the energy needed for the building’s electricity and heating systems.”

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Belvedere Incinerator Briefing Note

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Admin

14 June 2011: Note of Bexley Council’s Environment Committee’s visit to the Belvedere Incinerator. The note provides the following information: “Testing of the [66MW]  turbine is still under way and it is anticipated it will be fully functioning by the end of May 2011. ..Members discussed the potential for the facility to become acombined heat and power plant. It was reported that the site was built to have the capability to provide heat to a local facility such as hospital if there such demand and Cory Environmental would be keen to explore such an opportunity should it arise.”

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Dalston Square – Decentralised Energy

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Admin

May 2011: A presentation and case study by the energy services section of E.ON on the Dalston Decentralised Energy (DE) project that they have developed and now operate. Serving 553 residential units over 5 blocks with retail units and a public library, the energy centre is powered by gas-fired combined heat and power units (CHPs) and gas/biomass boilers.

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IDEA

Posted on May 18, 2011 by Admin

IDEA Sustainable Energy Library – extensive series of links and case studies targeted at local authorities.

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New DECC CHP Site Assessment Tool

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Admin

16 May 2011: New DECC tool posted on CHP Focus website allowing users to “get an indicative assessment and review potential options for installing CHP on a particular site and it has been carefully designed for users who have limited knowledge of CHP.”

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Hospital’s Decentralised Energy System

Posted on April 26, 2011 by Admin

26 April 2011: Mitie have been commissioned by the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead to develop an energy centre incorporating onsite CHP generation.

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E.ON to manage ESCo set-up

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Admin

21 April 2011: E.ON and Barratt Homes are working together to develop 1,900 low carbon homes in two projects across London. The developments, the former St. Andrews Hospital in east London and New South Quarter in Croydon, will utilise a centralised combined heat and power (CHP) units and biomass boilers to supply heat and hot water to residents.

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Hospital to heat Camden homes

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Admin

4 April 2011: The Royal Free Hospital in Camden will use a combined heat and power (CHP) network to supply 1,500 Camden Council homes in nearby estates with lower cost energy.The project, due to start at the end of the year, will provide around half the total amount needed for the homes, with surplus energy from a heating plant at the hospital being pumped into an energy centre, which Camden Council will build on one of its nearby estates.The rest of the energy needed by the residents will come from the energy centre, which will also be able to supply energy for heating and hot water if the system at the Royal Free is interrupted, such as for repairs and maintenance. Further information from Camden here.

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Islington Tender for DE scheme

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Admin

4 March 2011: Islington Council invites suitable expressions of interest from suppliers to design and build a new Energy Centre with a gas engine CHP plant and a District Heating (DH) network providing a  heating supply to three existing residential estates and leisure facilities owned by Islington Council. Read more detail on the Islington tender here.

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Negotiations stall on Elephant and Castle’s MUSCo plans

Posted on February 8, 2011 by Admin

8 February 2011: Southwark councillors have approved a proposal to call off negotiations with Dalkia to establish a mutli-utility services company (MUSCo) to provide provide locally generated heat, cooling, electricity and communications for the thousands of additional homes and businesses planned for the Elephant & Castle area. Read full news story here. (see 18 January news story here for further details).

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