14 NEWS IN BRIEF
US Embassy in London, UK, now
costs US$1 billion The new US Embassy building being built in the Nine Elms area of London, is already breaking records as the world’s costliest embassy - costs have spiralled upwards of $1 billion - and it's well past its due date.
The US Government wants the completed building to attain the 'outstanding' grade from its BREEAM environmental assessment. Only around 30 buildings in the world have achieved this maximum rating. Sustainable design features include
a ground source heat pump to provide renewable energy & photo- voltaic panels for harvesting solar power. A 1.3MW CHP system will power and heat the building, and there will be 4 roof-mounted standby gensets. The site’s core is 'The Chancery' - an 11 storey cube. Three sides of the building have an outer shell made from ethylene tetraffluoroethylene (ETFE).
On the north Somerset coast in the south-west of England, EDF is building Hinkley Point C, a new 3,200MWe power station. Hinkley Point C is expected to take 10
years to build, create over 25,000 new jobs, offer substantial opportunities for local, national and international businesses and bring lasting benefits to communities throughout the region. The Hinkley Point C plant has a projected life- time of 60 years and is financed by EDF of France and CGN of China. When it is fully operational the facility will meet 7% of the UK's power generation needs and, says EDF, avoid 600m tonnes of carbon-diox- ide emissions over its lifespan. After a lengthy evaluation process,
Hoppecke - which is currently celebrating
Hoppecke to supply batteries for Hinkley Point 3,200MWe power station being built by EDF
90 years in energy management - was chosen to supply batteries for the power station's safety systems. Hoppecke is a major supplier of power plant batteries designed to meet German KTA and international IEEE safety standards in Germany, Switzerland, China, Brazil and many other parts of the world. The Hinkley Point C order comes at a time when Hoppecke UK has also recruited Martin Waterton as its new reserve power account manager. Martin has vast experience in UPS systems, power quality monitoring, standby power for the power generation market, batter- ies and chargers and has worked for such companies as the energy management specialist B&S Group, the NiBS company and ADM Engineering. Jason Howlett, Hoppecke's Regional Managing Director - Northern Europe, says: "It really is great news for the company to have won this excellent order for Hinkley Point C and to have also appointed Martin to ensure our customers receive the best possible level of reserve power service and we can now set the wheels in motion for meeting the stringent requirements of the Hinkley Point C contract."
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