This project was supported and funded by Stratford-on-Avon District Council and the Heat Networks Delivery Unit (HNDU) of the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
Scope:
We appraised the viability and assessed the risks associated with several renewable district energy network opportunities in the Stratford-upon-Avon area. This comprised of several large strategic sites designated for development that included the Canal Quarter development area and the Long Marsten Airfield Garden Village development.
Services:
We were commissioned to undertake heat mapping and masterplanning studies for five areas, followed by a detailed feasibility study for the Canal Quarter mixed (mainly residential) development in Stratford-upon-Avon town centre. This involved:
- Undertaking an energy demand and supply assessment to identify potential key energy demands and potentially useful heat supplies
- Identifying viable network and scheme options that considered heat pump and gas CHP technologies
- Providing recommendations to determine the best approach to deliver priority district energy network opportunities
- Identifying key stakeholders with a role to play in the delivery of district energy networks
- Identifying priority areas within strategic sites where district energy schemes may be viable
- Concept design, route planning and techno-economic modelling
Solution:
The preferred option consisted of a phased network served by a large canal source heat pump with a self-supply arrangement for electricity from a small gas CHP engine to the heat pump. A potential parallel solution was also identified as economic and this included a small gas CHP and a large high temperature air source heat pump.
