IN THE UK: Innovative
green leisure power ideas
Crealy to become UK’s fi rst solar powered theme park?
the Crealy Great Adventure Park in Devon, UK, which would establish the 100-acre attraction as the UK’s fi rst to run its rides with solar power. The brainchild of Crealy MD Rod Pearson and solar energy company, Low Carbon Solar, the installation would provide enough energy to meet around 90 per cent of the park’s needs during the peak summer months, pow- ering everything from catering facilities to the park’s roller- coaster. Surplus power would be fed into the National Grid. A planning application was
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submitted at the start of March for the solar panels, however
Redditch Borough Council to heat leisure centre using energy from crematorium
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edditch Borough Council (RBC) is proceeding with plans to reuse energy from the town’s cremato-
rium to heat the revamped Abbey Stadium Leisure Centre. Members of the full coun- cil approved the proposal on 7 February, and work is due to start in the summer on diverting waste heat into the complex. It is the fi rst project of its kind in the UK and will see 100 per cent of the energy generated from the fl ue gas cleaning proc- ess transferred to the leisure centre. The scheme forms part of RBC’s com-
mitment to decrease carbon dioxide emissions by around 4 per cent a year, sav- ing £14,560 in annual energy costs. RBC leader Carole Gandy said of the plans: “The cremation process is a sensi- tive matter and we wanted to be sure our proposals had widespread support. “Throughout we have been careful to explain how the technology would work, that it is tried and trusted, and that the practice is quite common in parts of Europe and especially in Sweden.”
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lans were revealed in January for a solar panel installation at
the plans are now uncertain, fol- lowing an announcement that the government is set to restrict the subsidies paid to new solar power plants.
The plan involves the instal- lation of around 200,000sq ft (18,580sq m) of solar photo- voltaic panels (PV) on the roof of the park’s main buildings and installing PV-covered carports in the main car park. Crealy Great Adventure Park uses bio-diesel for vehicles used on site, water from a borehole and favours local suppliers for its catering and retail outlets.
CREALY GREAT ADVENTURE PARK ALREADY USES BIO-DIESEL FOR ITS VEHICLES, WATER FROM A BOREHOLE AND FAVOURS LOCAL SUPPLIERS
Food waste to power Stroud Leisure Centre?
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troud District Council (SDC) has announced that it is looking into the possibility of using food waste to power Stratford Park Leisure Centre, Gloucestershire. Proposals are being drawn up for a new anaerobic digester facility to convert household and commercial food waste into energy. One of the potential loca- tions for the installation is at the rear of the leisure com- plex, which has an annual electricity demand worth more than £35,000. SDC said the anaerobic digester could pro-
duce double the amount of energy currently used by the centre and generate nearly £300,000 each year. Libby Bird, the council’s
cabinet member for climate change, said of the plans: “An anaerobic digester converts food waste into electricity and heat. We believe that having such a facility next door to a site with high energy require- ments is one of the most effi cient ways to benefi t from this type of technology. It will allow us to reduce the elec- tricity and heating costs for the leisure centre and the museum; and at the same time reduce the amount of waste which goes to landfi ll, which would consequently reduce associated landfi ll charges and greenhouse gas emissions.” ●
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