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19/04/2024
Office Buildings First To Connect To Mersey Heat Network
Three office buildings at Princes Dock, Liverpool Waters, are set to achieve a milestone as the first commercial office structures in Liverpool to link their heating and hot water systems to the new Mersey Heat network.
The multi-million-pound energy centre, currently under construction and set to complete in the autumn, will have the capacity to provide low carbon heat and hot water, through the Mersey Heat network, to thousands of homes and businesses around the city, reducing energy costs and their carbon footprint.
Businesses based at No. 8, No. 10, and No. 12 Princes Dock, which sit within Peel Waters' growing Liverpool Waters district, have already been verified as Net Zero for three years running. The waterside office space will now also benefit from locally generated heat, through the district heat network and energy centre. This will make it the largest cluster of offices in Liverpool to provide this opportunity to its tenants.
The energy centre, which will be home to one of the UK's largest water source heat pumps, will take heat from the water in the nearby Leeds/Liverpool Canal and use it to heat surrounding homes and businesses via a 6km district heating network.
Last year, renewable energy company, Vital Energi was appointed by Peel NRE to design and build the energy centre off Great Howard Street, which is expected to be complete by September 2024. Led by Peel NRE's district heat network specialist, Ener-Vate, the Mersey Heat network is set to become a major part of Liverpool’s low carbon energy infrastructure.
The Mersey Heat network will reduce Liverpool's reliance on fossil fuels and save 2,000 tonnes of carbon emissions every year – the equivalent of taking 1,000 cars off the roads. The infrastructure will provide low carbon heat and hot water to thousands of homes and commercial space within Liverpool Waters as well as sustainably futureproofing future developments planned for the growing mixed-use district, as well as wider domestic and commercial buildings across Liverpool.
This initial phase of the project could supply 20GWh of heat every year with planning permission in place to expand the project to supply around 45GWh.
The multi-million-pound energy centre, currently under construction and set to complete in the autumn, will have the capacity to provide low carbon heat and hot water, through the Mersey Heat network, to thousands of homes and businesses around the city, reducing energy costs and their carbon footprint.
Businesses based at No. 8, No. 10, and No. 12 Princes Dock, which sit within Peel Waters' growing Liverpool Waters district, have already been verified as Net Zero for three years running. The waterside office space will now also benefit from locally generated heat, through the district heat network and energy centre. This will make it the largest cluster of offices in Liverpool to provide this opportunity to its tenants.
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The energy centre, which will be home to one of the UK's largest water source heat pumps, will take heat from the water in the nearby Leeds/Liverpool Canal and use it to heat surrounding homes and businesses via a 6km district heating network.
Last year, renewable energy company, Vital Energi was appointed by Peel NRE to design and build the energy centre off Great Howard Street, which is expected to be complete by September 2024. Led by Peel NRE's district heat network specialist, Ener-Vate, the Mersey Heat network is set to become a major part of Liverpool’s low carbon energy infrastructure.
The Mersey Heat network will reduce Liverpool's reliance on fossil fuels and save 2,000 tonnes of carbon emissions every year – the equivalent of taking 1,000 cars off the roads. The infrastructure will provide low carbon heat and hot water to thousands of homes and commercial space within Liverpool Waters as well as sustainably futureproofing future developments planned for the growing mixed-use district, as well as wider domestic and commercial buildings across Liverpool.
This initial phase of the project could supply 20GWh of heat every year with planning permission in place to expand the project to supply around 45GWh.
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