ADE AWARDS NIGHT
50 years of decentralised energy celebrated at the ADE Awards, London
Around 400 special guests were present at the 50th Anniversary Awards and Dinner at London’s Science Museum, held by Association for Decentralised Energy on Friday, October 19th, 2017. With Centrica Business Solutions as the main sponsor, the Awards celebrated outstanding power schemes which have made a dramatic impact across district heating, combined heat and power and demand side energy services in the UK, reports UKPN.
Awards and Dinner at the Science Museum last night in the company of 400 special guests. Sponsored by Centrica Business Solutions,
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the Awards celebrated outstanding schemes that have made a dramatic impact across dis- trict heating, combined heat and power and demand side energy services. The Association reports it was delighted to welcome Margot James MP, Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility to address the guests. In her address she said combined heat and power, district heating and demand side response would play a key role in helping the UK to decarbonise. Margot James MP also welcomed the work of the Association's Heat Network Task Force and said she looked forward to the results. The Industrial Project of the Decade Award, sponsored by Ricardo AEA, was awarded to Edina for their work with R&R Ice Cream. Combined heat and power was installed at
the site to improve energy security but also increased the site’s production by 20% as well as reducing its energy bill by £400k and sav- ing 4800 tonnes of carbon a year. Birmingham’s District Energy Scheme,
installed and operated by Engie, scooped the award for Public Sector Project of the Decade.
he Association for Decentralised Energy celebrated fifty years of inno- vation, best practice and inspiring engineering at its 50th Anniversary
Since it was first launched 10 years ago, Birmingham’s District Energy Scheme has grown to provide 60GWh heat, 30GWh electricity and 9GWh cooling, and will soon be demonstrating the first commercial interoper- ation of small bio-energy generation on a city- wide energy network. The Homes and Communities Project of the Decade Award, sponsored by Pinnacle Power, was presented to London Borough of Islington for Bunhill Heat and Power Network. Since being installed in 2012 the network
has helped reduced energy bills by 10% for over 850 homes and two leisure centres, and saved 2000 tonnes of carbon. The Commercial Project of the Decade
Award sought to celebrate projects that benefited the energy user in several ways from cost and carbon savings to reliability and innovation. The Commercial Award was presented to
Engie for Southampton District Energy Scheme, the scheme, established in the 1980s has expanded to over 14km of pipework to supply heating and cooling to a large shopping centre, 2,500 homes, offices, a university, the police and many more. One of the most coveted awards of the
night, the Innovation Award of the Decade, sponsored by Vital Energi, was presented to Guru Systems and FairHeat for their work in using performance data to radically improve heat network efficiency. Developed in 2014, Guru Pinpoint is now
being used on over 75 heat networks serving 5,600 homes. The software allows operators to monitor networks in real time to identify costly inefficiencies and reduce carbon emissions; it is a breakthrough for problem legacy schemes. The Integrated Energy Project of the Decade Award, sponsored by Clarke Energy, was scooped by CityWest Homes for their electrically heated tower block project – Cyclo Control Towers. Recognising an opportunity to aggregate demand from 800 homes, the team at CityWest Homes have been able to reduce electricity tariffs by 15%; a fantastic bill reduction for residents. Sponsored by Heat Trust, the Customer Engagement Award of the Decade was presented to Switch2. Switch2 provides metering and billing services to over 70,000 customers and has a company ethos to provide systems and products which are benchmarked against industry good practice to make the lives of the residents easier. The final award of the night, the Visionary
Project Award received the most entries out of any category. Sponsored by SAV Systems this Award highlights projects that look forward and dramatically change the vision of our energy industry for tomorrow. The Award was presented to Gateshead Council for Gateshead District Energy Scheme, a truly visionary project which provides heat through 3km of pipe & electrici- ty through a private wire network to domestic, commercial and public sector customers. The Scheme is a unique project in the UK
Edina’s CHP installation at R&R ice Cream.
as it also offers peak power generation to help balance the grid through a mixture of battery storage and combined heat and power with heat storage. REstore was also highly commended in this category for its work with Flextreo – a game- changing solution which brings energy market opportunities right to the desk of energy managers across the UK.
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