Report: Community Energy - Grant Scheme - UK

Website: www.est.org.uk/housingbuildings/communityenergy/

Community energy schemes provide heat and/or power from one central source to multiple buildings. This might include homes, schools, uinversities, hospitals, leisure centres, prisons or offices. Schemes can range in size from one tower block with a central heat source for all the flats to citywide schemes connecting many public and commercial buildings.

Heat sources can include:

• Conventional boilers using conventional fuel such as gas or oil or renewable fuels (biomass, domestic or agricultural wastes).
• Combined heat and power (CHP) plant where the heat generated by electricity production is captured and used to generate more electricity or distributed via a heat network. About 1,300 sites in the UK utilise CHP and generate about 6 per cent of our electricity.
• Using waste heat produced from industrial processes e.g. distilleries.

What are the benefits?

• Low cost heating and power.
• Improved energy efficiency - a centralised plant uses energy more efficiently, significantly reducing carbon dioxide emissions and fuel costs.
• Reduced management costs and increased reliability.
• Ensure energy security through fuel flexibility.
• Enable compliance with EU Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings for any new buildings over 100m².

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