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Queen Elizabeth University Hospital CHP project recognised at ADE Awards 2018


Edina, alongside demand-response provider Flexitricity, reports that it was delighted to win the Commercial category award at the ADE Awards 2018 with the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Glasgow project.


emissions and maintain security of power supply at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow. More recently, the hospital was also keen


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to play an important wider role underpinning energy security within Great Britain by participation in the Capacity Market and demand response by working with Edinburgh based Flexitricity. At times of energy system stress, the site


has made a commitment to ensure that it will generate to avoid system blackouts, providing a benefit that transcends the operational needs of the hospital. National Grid Power Response Manager,


Rhiannon Marsh, said: “We chose the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital as the winner for the commercial category because of the multi-benefits it demonstrated.” Rhiannon March, concludes: “What stood out to us were the energy, carbon and


dina won its category award with a 3.6MWe combined heat and power (CHP) plant it installed in 2014 to reduce energy costs, carbon


financial savings as well as the focus on additional revenue streams for flexibility and contributing to the wider electricity system. This project shows how best practice can be shared with other hospitals and local community are also taken into account thinking about how surplus heat can be util ised.” The annual Awards is the ADE’s flagship


event – recognising and celebrating collective achievements in decentralised energy to include combined heat and power (CHP), energy efficiency, demand side management, heat networks and integrated energy solutions. The ADE Awards 2018 took place at the


City of London Guildhall, understood to be the oldest building in the UK and connected to a heat network – powered by CHP. As event sponsor, Edina showcased its


evolution and long term growth ambition in a short video featurette entitled ‘Power the Future’ - found at www.edina.eu, in light of the company’s acquisition by EESL and UK partner EnergyPro.


“We chose the Queen


El izabeth University Hospital as


the winner for the


commercial category


because of the multi-


benefits it


demonstrated What stood


out to us were the energy, carbon and financial savings.”


- Rhiannon Marsh,


Former Edina Joint Managing Directors, Philip Pollock and Tony Fenton; Head of Sales Ireland, Colin McKibbin; Marketing Executive, Andrew Wild.


National Grid Power


Response Manager


22 NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 2018 UK POwER NEwS


(Left) ADE Director Dr Tim Rotheray; (Right} Edina CEO Hugh Richmond.


3.6MWe CHP plant and DSR model kick-starts a new energy journey for Glasgow super hospital.


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