GENSETS
Generators for the Guardbridge Energy Centre, Scotland
Dieselec Thistle Generators (DTG) has been selected through competitive tender to supply and install the backup power system for the £25m Guardbridge Energy Centre on the Sustainable Power and Research Campus (SPARC) at the University of St Andrews, reports UKPN.
noise to 70dBA at three metres from the enclosure. The 12 hour autonomy fuel supply for the generator is provided by an integral, fully- bunded tank. The generator is fitted with a synchronising controller that enables the generator to run in parallel with the grid supply for a ‘no break’ transfer and short or long term parallel operation. The Guardbridge Energy Centre is central
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to the University of St Andrews’ strategic drive to become the UK’s first energy carbon neutral university and will supplement other University carbon reducing projects such as electricity generation by wind turbines at the Kenly Farm site, and improvements to existing campus buildings to reduce their energy demand. The combination of all these strategies will
create the first energy carbon neutral universi- ty in the UK and further enhance the University, and Scotland, as leaders in
TG will supply a 400kVA prime rated emergency generator housed inside a bespoke acoustic enclosure, designed to reduce the generator
sustainable development. Donnie MacDonald, DTG Project Manager,
said: “We are increasingly working hand-in- hand with developers of renewable energy projects, and it’s great to see our technologies come together to provide innovative yet reliable sources of heat and power. “It’s fantastic to be involved in such a forward thinking energy project, and our appointment to deliver the critical backup power supply is testament to our track record and reputation in the industry.”
The £25m Guardbridge Energy Centre
project includes: • 6.5MW biomass boiler, fuel processing
and handling system. (Vital Energi); • 6km flow and return transmission hot
water pipeline; • Local district heating network to 17 build-
ing complexes at North Haugh; • Buildings integration and controls for plant rooms.; • Phased carbon saving potential of at least 10,000 tonnes.
“We are
increasingly working
handinhand with
developers of renewable energy
projects, and it’s great to see our
technologies come
together to provide
innovative
yet reliable sources of heat and power."
Donnie
MacDonald, DTG Project Manager
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The Guardbridge site is located in the small village of Guardbridge, five miles west of St Andrews. The 9.6 hectare site contains a mix of land and buildings which formerly comprised the paper mill and associated activities, and includes a number of listed buildings associated with the mill. The Site Construction Manager reports:
“The Guardbridge Biomass scheme is one of the largest ever installed by a University in the UK and we are delighted, along with our valued supply chain, to be delivering such an exciting, exemplar project which will deliver significant savings to the University.” The Guardbridge Energy Centre with fuel
storage, will play a fundamental role in the University's plan to become fully carbon neutral by late 2016. Renewable heat energy will be produced from a new biomass boiler plant at Guardbridge to supply the University campus via a district heating network. The project forms the first phase of the University's £25m masterplan for the regeneration and re-use of the existing buildings on the paper mill site to develop a sustainable power and research campus.
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