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.
