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Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & a new CHP project


Vital Energi has signed a contract with Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to deliver a project which will bring their overall savings to over £13.4m over the course of their contract terms. It follows the company’s successful recent delivery of the low­carbon energy project at Cheltenham General Hospital. The new energy project, which was procured through the Carbon & Energy Fund (CEF), will see Vital Energi design and install a 2.5 MW combined heat and power (CHP) system, reports UKPN.


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fter the successful delivery of the low-carbon energy project at Cheltenham General Hospital, Vital Energi has announced that it has contract with Gloucestershire


Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. This second deal involves developing a


CHP project which will bring the hospital Trust’s overall savings to over £13.4m over the course of their contract terms. The new energy project, which was procured through the Carbon & Energy Fund (CEF), will see Vital Energi design and install a 2.5MW CHP system which will be integrat- ed into the Trust’s existing electrical, heating and hot water systems at the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. The project also sees Vital Energi working


with the local electricity distribution network operator (WPD) to bring in a new High Voltage electricity supply to the hospital in order to increase electricity supply resilience to the hospital estate and enable the


connection of the CHP unit to the National Grid.


Once the works are complete Vital Energi


will then go on to provide a fully managed energy service over a 15 year term which will include the operation, maintenance and lifecycle services of both the new CHP system and the Trust’s existing steam and hot water boilers located within two energy centres at the hospital. Steve Black, Account Director for Vital


Energi explains, “This project allows the Trust to divert a substantial amount of money from its energy budget and redirect this to clinical services where it will be of most benefit for the community. At the same time, the signifi- cant CO2 reductions contribute to a healthier environment, so we’re immensely proud to be involved in a project which is bringing such a positive impact to the Gloucester area.” This second project will deliver additional savings to the Trust of over £750,000 per


“Vital Energi will design and install a 2.5MW CHP system which will be


integrated into the Trust’s existing electrical, heating and hot water systems at the


Gloucester shire Royal Hospital.”


annum and reduce the Trust’s carbon emissions by a further 2,800 tonnes per annum. This means, across both the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital and Cheltenham General Hospital energy projects delivered by Vital Energi, the Trust will save many millions and will reduce its CO2emissions by over 80,000 tonnes over the total contract term. These savings and carbon reductions will be guaranteed to the Trust by Vital Energi under the CEF energy performance contract. On 10th November , 2017, the £14.8m


Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Energy Project was officially opened by Oxford East MP, Anneliese Dodds. On this same day that the Trust received its first month’s figures on energy usage at the John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals (excluding the PFI estates) for the first full month’s operation of the new CHP and Energy Link. An energy spend reduction of £231,343.03


was recorded in the first month’s full service of the CHP. It equates to a saving of £7,462 every day at these two hospitals (excluding the PFI estates). The Hospital Energy Project has included removing the 30 and 40-year-old boilers in the Churchill and John Radcliffe Hospitals and replacing them with a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) engine, new combi boilers, associated upgrades and the replacement of 6,407 light fittings. The two hospitals, which now share the


energy centre at John Radcliffe Hospital, are connected via a 2.2km energy link which includes High Voltage cabling, district heating pipework and communications cabling. www.vitalenergi.co.uk


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