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GREENSCIES TO COMBAT FUEL POVERTY


Consumers and businesses based in UK cities stand to benefit from a revolutionary low carbon smart energy grid called GreenSCIES (Green Smart Community Integrated Energy System), which has been launched in London and the West Midlands. Concealed underground, the new


smart energy grid - which has currently reached design stage - will provide an answer to the challenge of powering inner cities of the future. GreenSCIES aims to deliver a solution which can provide low carbon and low cost transport, power and heat to a total of 12,500 homes in the London Borough of Islington and Sandwell in the West Midlands. The new smart energy grid will help


to reduce carbon emissions by an estimated 80 per cent, while


SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN BRISTOL


Bristol continues to build on its ambition to be carbon neutral by 2030, with a highly sustainable development of 50 affordable homes currently underway. Community development, high


levels of energy efficiency and environmental enhancements are leading values of the Shaldon Road scheme. The homes will provide residents


with a high level of occupant comfort, while using very little energy for heating and cooling,


minimising each home’s carbon footprint. Built to ‘PassiveHaus’ principles, the energy efficient properties will each feature a mini ‘Shoebox’ ground source heat pump connected to an ambient shared ground loop array. Complementing the low carbon


ground source heat pumps will be a MVHR (mechanical vented heat recovery) system, making the homes even more energy efficient and further lowering fuel bills for the residents.


Encasing these renewable heat


technologies, the homes will be constructed using a single skin ‘Porotherm’ block, cutting construction time and delivering improved thermal properties over traditional construction. Solar PV panels will also feature in


the development to further reduce costs, whilst supporting a green transport plan which features electric car charging points, a car share scheme and improved pedestrian and cycle access.


addressing fuel poverty by providing a significant reduction on consumer bills. The system works by sharing


heating and cooling between buildings, to ensure a balanced energy supply across the network: waste heat is captured from secondary heat sources - including office buildings, data centres and the public transport network. The


temperature of the waste heat is then raised or cooled using heat pumps before being distributed to homes, businesses and communities, all year round. By drawing on waste heat produced by data centres that support the internet, the smartgrid will channel energy from the internet to power homes, offices and transport networks of the future.


DRIVE TO REDUCE CARBON EMISSIONS


Households and businesses will benefit from £90m to cut carbon emissions in industry and homes, energy minister, Kwasi Kwarteng, has announced. £70m will include funding for


two of Europe’s first ever low carbon hydrogen production plants - the first on the banks of the Mersey, the second planned for near Aberdeen. A third project will develop technology to harness offshore wind off the Grimsby coast to power electrolysis and produce hydrogen. The investment will also fund


projects to trial technologies for switching industrial production from fossil fuels to renewables in industries such as cement and glass production. The remaining £20m will be


used to fund projects aimed at cutting household emissions and bills through nine UK-wide local ‘smart energy’ projects. Over 250,000 people could have their homes powered by local renewable sources by 2030 – which could lead to their energy bills reducing by as much as half, thanks to this government funding. If successful, the ten community


pilot projects from Rugeley near Stafford to Coleraine in Northern Ireland could revolutionise local energy generation – allowing local communities to join the frontline in the fight against climate change. Kwarteng said: “Cleaning up


emissions from industry and housing is a big challenge but today’s £90m investment will set us on the right path as we develop clean technologies like hydrogen. “This is an important part of our


world-leading efforts in eliminating our contribution to climate change by 2050, while also growing our economy, creating up to two million green collar jobs across the country by 2030.”


CENTRAL BELT’S FIRST HYDROGEN REFUELLING STATION FOR VEHICLES OPENS With a strong belief in the


An Edinburgh-based hydrogen technology firm has opened the first public hydrogen refuelling station (HRS) for vehicles in Scotland’s Central Belt. Offering the only refuelling stop


between Aberdeen and Sheffield, some 360 miles apart, Logan Energy’s refuelling station will allow hydrogen-electric and dual-fuel vehicles to be refuelled to 350bar.


The HRS is based at Logan Energy’s


hydrogen economy and its role in the future energy system, Logan Energy has financed this HRS itself and is offering this refuelling service to expand the potential of hydrogen in Scotland. It is also hoped that it will


encourage people to consider hydrogen vehicles as viable green transport options.


Wallyford facility and will offer safe, supervised fuelling by trained personnel during working hours. Bill Ireland, CEO of Logan Energy,


said: “While hydrogen-powered electric vehicles offer real reductions in carbon dioxide and other harmful emissions, the widespread uptake of these vehicles is restricted by the lack of


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investment in the deployment of refuelling stations.” Logan Energy is currently working


to make its Wallyford base a ‘centre of excellence’ for hydrogen technology integration and safety. The opening of this refuelling station is one step towards achieving this goal. As part of this mission, Logan Energy will also be developing plans to produce green hydrogen on site


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