Appointed by Bristol City Council, Sustainable Energy first conceived the Castle Park energy centre in 2018 to supply renewable heat to city centre heat network. The 3 MW water source heat pump that uses energy extracted from the Bristol floating harbour to supply the heat homes, businesses and school in the city centre – one of the first projects of its kind in the UK. With the first phase of the heat network and energy centre completed in 2022 the project has gone on to winning a European Heat Pump Award.
Scope:
In 2018, Sustainable Energy Ltd was first appointed by Bristol City Council and HNDU to establish a masterplan for the Old Market area of Bristol. Our appointment was followed by taking the project through feasibility, concept design stages, RHI and HNIP funding applications, heat network design, substation design, stage 3 technical design & specification for the energy centre, and procurement for the ammonia heat pump & harbour abstraction system. In 2021, the construction contract for the energy centre was given to Vital Energi, with Sustainable Energy Ltd retained to provide support in the roles of clients engineer and commissioning agent for the scheme with completion in March 2022.
Solution:
As the Bristol Heat Network expands, the 3 MW water source heat pump in the Castle Park Energy Centre (located at the edge of the harbour near Castle Park) will supply heat into the burgeoning city heat network. Sustainable Energy continues to work with new owners Vattenfall to continue growth of the Bristol Heat Network with extensions to the heat network and new customer connections.
Councillor Kye Dudd, Cabinet Member for Environment, Ecology, Energy and Waste at Bristol City Council, said:
“The installation of the 3MW Water Source heat pump and abstraction equipment manufactured by Star Refrigeration were only capable of being deployed with the establishment of an expert multidisciplinary team with Vital Energi as Principal Contractor, Sustainable Energy Ltd as lead designers and DQS as QS/Project manager.”
Castle Park Energy Centre comes out on top in European energy awards (bristol247.com)
