Veolia Accelerates the Decarbonization of Municipal Heat With Energy From Waste in London
01 Octobre 2024 - 8:32AM
Business Wire
- Veolia benefits from a unique and differentiating positioning
thanks to the combination of its expertise in both waste and
energy
- Veolia is building a new network to provide heat to nearly
5,000 households in London with energy from waste
- The heat energy with around a 60% renewable content due to the
biogenic component of the treated waste will help saving 14,000
tonnes of CO2 emissions a year
- The extension aims to support the future growth to accommodate
20,000 new homes over the next 15 years in line with Southwark
Council’s Area Action Plan
Regulatory News:
Veolia (Paris:VIE), Europe’s local decarbonizing energy leader,
is constructing a new district heating network in London that will
deliver heat from the Group’s SELCHP Energy Recovery Facility
(ERF), working in partnership with Southwark Council. By using
75GWh per year of low carbon heat from the electricity generating
process that treats non recyclable waste, this network will supply
nearly 5,000 homes across 11 social housing and schools.
Currently almost half of the final energy consumed in the UK is
used as heat and the domestic, commercial and public sectors
account for two-thirds of this energy consumption. This is largely
fossil fuelled and district heating networks, using the heat from
the waste-fed electricity generation process, represent an
efficient, affordable and decarbonising alternative to provide
households with cleaner energy.
Veolia will ensure the design, construction, commission and
operation of the network. Once operational, the infrastructure
project will provide heat energy with around a 60% renewable
content due to the biogenic component of the treated waste and will
save 14,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions a year compared to the current
natural gas or oil boiler derived heat supplies.
This new network builds on the success of the existing urban
heating network powered by SELCHP, which already provides
low-carbon heat to 3,000 households and has saved about 95,000
tonnes of CO2 over the past ten years.
“Developing local decarbonisation helps to break the dependence
on fossil fuels and provide reliable heat to support communities
and address energy price volatility. Our new district heating
network in London will enable the UK to make further progress
towards its decarbonisation targets by 2035, ’ said Estelle
Brachlianoff, CEO of Veolia, ’Veolia benefits from a unique and
differentiating positioning thanks to the combination of its
expertise in waste and energy, which makes us the reference in
local decarbonised energy. This segment is a major booster to our
GreenUp strategic program, which will meet our customers'
decarbonisation needs while guaranteeing energy security at an
affordable price."
Heat, supplied as hot water, will be supplied through a 7km
network of insulated pipework at temperatures up to 95°C, and fed
into the systems that distribute heat in the connected buildings to
meet the thermal demands at each location. As this system
represents a low carbon solution compared to alternative supplies,
emitting only 0.026kgCO2/kWh , it will also help to advance carbon
reductions for the London Borough of Southwark ahead of their
target.
In a significant move earlier this year, Southwark Council
approved a Local Development Order (LDO) permitting the
construction of the new network. They are the first authority in
London to introduce a LDO.
Cllr Helen Dennis, cabinet member for new homes and
sustainable development, said: “I’m excited Southwark is paving
the way for future generations by tackling the climate emergency
head on. This project to expand the low carbon heat network is
absolutely vital to us reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and
embracing cleaner, more efficient energy resources. The new
insulated pipes also gets us closer to ensuring affordable and
reliable heating for the 3,000 additional council homes due to be
connected to the network around Old Kent Road.”
ABOUT VEOLIA
Veolia's ambition is to become the benchmark company for
ecological transformation. With nearly 218,000 employees on five
continents, the Group designs and deploys useful, practical
solutions for managing water, waste and energy that help to
radically change the world. Through its three complementary
activities, Veolia contributes to developing access to resources,
preserving available resources and renewing them. In 2023, the
Veolia group served 113 million people with drinking water and 103
million with wastewater services, produced 42 terawatt-hours of
energy and recovered 63 million metric tons of waste. Veolia
Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE) generated consolidated sales of
€45.3 billion in 2023.
www.veolia.com
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