CHP


Contract for 2MWe CHP at the UK’s new Cranbrook Energy Centre


Leading supplier, installer and maintenance provider for power generation solutions Edina, has been awarded the contract to supply and install a 2MWe gas-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant at one of the largest new-build district heating schemes in the UK, reports UKPN.


Business Park. Energy solutions provider E.ON was


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appointed by the Exeter and East Devon Growth Point to design and build the Energy Centre and associated district heating net- work following approval for the scheme in 2011. The £20 million Energy Centre currently


houses a 550kWe CHP plant which sits at the heart of the new development. The CHP plant generates and supplies low carbon heat and hot water to homes, commercial premis- es and community and leisure spaces across both the community of Cranbrook and


ranbrook, a newly-developed town in east Devon, north of Exeter Airport, has its own Energy Centre located on the £120 million Skypark


Skypark business development. East Devon District Council approved


plans for the Energy Centre, which will help ensure that CO2 emissions are significantly reduced across both developments and help both Cranbrook and Skypark reach higher standards of sustainability. E.ON awarded the CHP contract to Edina


which included the full turnkey solution to design, engineer, project manage & commission the 2MWe rated MWM manufactured reciprocating gas engine. The natural gas fuelled MWM TCG 2020


V20 will accompany the Energy Centre’s existing 550kWe gas engine to produce heat and hot water. MWM gas engines offer market-leading efficiency, reliability, flexibility and environ-


“The £20 mill ion


Energy Centre currently houses a


550kWe CHP plant which sits at the


heart of the new


development. The CHP plant generates and suppl ies low carbon heat


and hot water to homes,


commercial


premises and community and leisure spaces.”


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mental sustainability, providing low lifecycle and high profitability. Edina is also the official MWM distributor in the UK and Ireland. The CHP plant supplied and installed by


Edina will be containerised within an attenuated acoustic enclosure at Edina’s onsite manufacturing facility based in Lisburn, Northern I reland, and will comply with noise level restrictions and all health and safety regulations. The low carbon heat source will change as


the developments grow, with gas-fired boilers being supplemented by gas-fired CHP, and later by biomass-fuelled CHP. Alongside the lower carbon heating


solution, renewable microgeneration technologies such as solar and heat pumps have been added to the Cranbrook and Skypark properties to test ways to meet low carbon targets in the future. Cranbrook’s district heating network will


transport heat generated from the energy centre’s CHP plant to homes and buildings. A decentralised energy approach will provide greater security of power supply and provide an opportunity to export power back to the grid used for income generation. The 2MWe CHP engine will be


commissioned and made operational in 2018. www.edina.eu


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