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Battersea development in London is now taking shape
Dublin City Council has released a report advocat- ing incentives be given to city residents to encourage take up of the city’s proposed new district heating network. The report by Victor Coe, a senior executive engineer with Dublin city council and project manager of the Dublin district heating system (DDHS), has warned of potential difficulties in securing loans to fund the capital costs of the heating system. “While district heating is established internationally, householders in Dublin have little or no experience of district heating on the scale proposed in the DDHS project. And it takes time for what is effectively a new utility to win the confidence of customers,” Mr Coe said. Councillors have been given
Apple is establishing a new London headquarters
inside Battersea Power Station, taking over six floors of the former industrial building on the bank of the River Thames in London. The tech giant has plans to move 1,400 staff into the
iconic 1930s power station by 2021. The building is currently undergoing redevelopment as part of a wider project to create 3,400 homes, a shopping centre, hotels, offices and an arts space in the vicinity. Apple will rent over 46,000 square metres of newly created office space across six storeys of the power station's former boiler house, which is being overhauled by British firm Wilkinson Eyre. "We are delighted that Apple has chosen to make
Battersea Power Station its home in 2021," said Rob Tincknell, chief executive of the Battersea Power Station Development Company. A CHP & district energy scheme is in the throes of being commissioned for the Battersea site, with tenders currently being offered by various companies. The developers are apparently considering a natural gas-fuelled combined heat & power plant to be engineered, installed and maintained. Thie developers want the CHP plant to provide both 1.131MW of electricity and 1.199MW of hot water at high efficiency to the surrounding area. This will help to reduce carbon emissions and contribute to the low-carbon footprint of the site and ancillary structures. In parallel, this will provide significant cost savings versus the separate purchase of electricity and gas from the National Grids. One proposal envisions generators being located in the basement of the main building , housed in acoustic enclosures in order to negate the emission of sound from the engines. The current specification is for gas engines which should
be characterised by very low levels of NOx emissions (<250mg/Nm3), an important consideration in meeting the strict air quality requirements in the Capital.
a progress update on the system, said to be the first of its kind in Ireland. The heat network will use energy generated by the burning of waste at a new
Dublin City Council promotes new District heating Network
The heat network will use energy generated by the burning of waste at a new incinerator in Poolbeg to heat buildings in the city through a network of super-insulated pipes. District heating also provides hot water on demand, without the need for an immersion system. District heating is already used in several European countries, particularly in Scandinavia where it provides heating for the majority of homes in Denmark and Iceland.
Other cities with district heating systems include Barcelona, Cologne, Aberdeen and Sheffield. The new report highlights the benefits of district heating which include reduced CO2 emissions, less dependence on imported fuel and increased energy efficiency and safety. The council intends to make district heating available in the Docklands area before extending it to other parts of the city including Irishtown and Ringsend.
BLOODHOUND SSC tests at Cornwall Airport Newquay reveal sensor failure but the genset worked perfectly
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G Wilson dealer, Power Electrics, is among the sponsors of Bloodhound SSC - the latest atttempt at establishing a new 1,000mph land speed record. Power Electrics is playing a key role in ensuring that the Bloodhound SSC project team has
the temporary power it need to achieve their mission. As part of a major ongoing sponsorship deal, the company is supplying the Bloodhound team with diesel generator sets and ancillary equipment for all the major events across the UK. On October 30th, 2017, a sensor failure on the vehicle throttle pedal meant BLOODHOUND
SSC did not achieve reheat (aka afterburners) during the two test runs on the Education Day at Cornwall Airport Newquay. The BLOODHOUND Engineering Team investigated the data and within minutes had fully identified the issue. Engineering Director Mark Chapman told WIP: “Whilst the driver, Andy Green, was not able
to reach maximum reheat and show flames out the back of the car, he did reach 185 mph in front of an audience of three thousand school children who had been eagerly awaiting this event for several weeks. “This car is a unique vehicle made from 3,500 purpose-designed and individually-built components. When the two sensors on the throttle pedal didn’t agree, they put the car into a safety mode that meant Andy was unable to reach reheat. This is exactly what they are meant to do so this constitutes another useful outcome for our test programme here at Newquay.” In the weeks before the 30th October event, the BLOODHOUND Team had carried out both
static and dynamic tests at Cornwall Airport Newquay, which had been very successful overall. A rigorous set of run profiles has seen the car driven at gradually increasing speeds.
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