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"About 1,000 London buildings including the Houses of Parliament and the
National Gallery could soon be warmed by low-carbon heat sourced from the River
Thames, London Underground and sewer networks.
Plans to develop the UK’s biggest heat network to supply decarbonised heat to
buildings across Westminster were set out on Wednesday by the government as
part of its pledge to back seven heat network zones with more than £5m of
public funding.
The plan will involve a network of pipes constructed to carry excess heat
captured underground to power hot water and central heating systems in the
area.
The £1bn scheme will be developed by a joint venture – between heating
specialists Hemiko and Vital Energi – known as the South Westminster Area
Network partnership, designed to save the area about 75,000 tonnes of CO2 each
year, the equivalent to planting 1.2m trees.
Across Europe, energy companies are beginning to capture the surplus heat
typically released into the air from a wide range of sources, including
supermarkets, transport networks and datacentres. Lower temperatures can also
be captured from water sources, including rivers and sewers, and raised high
enough to provide heating by using electric heat pumps.
Miatta Fahnbulleh, the minister for energy consumers, said: “Taking waste heat
from the River Thames and London Underground to heat such iconic places as the
Houses of Parliament and the National Portrait Gallery is a really exciting
example of what lies ahead on our journey to low-cost, low-carbon heating.
“This project will help support hundreds of jobs and make bold new strides
towards boosting our energy security.”"
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
