Ground Heat network Strategy at City Scale

Completed

Renewable Energy Sources(Geothermal Energy)
Energy Efficiency(Other)

Applied Research and Development
Final stage Development and Demonstration

SOCIAL SCIENCES (Town and Country Planning)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (General Engineering and Mineral & Mining Engineering)
ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Architecture and the Built Environment)

Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Technology acceptance)
Sociological economical and environmental impact of energy (Other sociological economical and environmental impact of energy)
Other (Energy technology information dissemination)

Project Contact
WDS Green Energy Limited

Collaborative Research & Development

Innovate UK

01 May 2015

30 April 2016

12 months

£246,789

Wales

Competition Call: 1405_CRD_ENE_GEN_ENCATESR1 - Not Available. Activity Energy Catalyst Rnd 1 Early Stage

Project Contact, WDS Green Energy Limited

Project Contact, Cardiff City Council
Project Contact, British Geological Survey (BGS) - NERC

In many parts of the UK and Europe geothermal energy stored in natural shallow underground water aquifers has the potential provide a safe, affordable, secure, and low-carbon source of heat for generations. Currently in the UK, ground source heat pump (GSHP) technology is only used by a small number of individual homes and businesses. By increasing GSHP capacity they can be used heat to entire streets via a smart network. Why has this not already been done? The technology for city scale networks is not yet developed and requires a new energy market based on large-scale GSHP capture and distribution networks. Before this can happen new technology needs to be developed and trialled to ensure systems are developed in a sustainable way. The potential champions of heat networks are Councils, who are tasked with approving planning consents for new developments. This highly innovative project, if funded, will design and build trial heat systems networks in less than 12 months, to prove that British GSHP network technology can be reliably deployed on an industrial scale in the UK. If successful, this new technology can be transferred to other UK cities and overseas markets.In many parts of the UK and Europe geothermal energy stored in natural shallow underground water aquifers has the potential provide a safe, affordable, secure, and low-carbon source of heat for generations. Currently in the UK, ground source heat pump (GSHP) technology is only used by a small number of individual homes and businesses. By increasing GSHP capacity they can be used heat to entire streets via a smart network. Why has this not already been done? The technology for city scale networks is not yet developed and requires a new energy market based on large-scale GSHP capture and distribution networks. Before this can happen new technology needs to be developed and trialled to ensure systems are developed in a sustainable way. The potential champions of heat networks are Councils, who are tasked with approving planning consents for new developments. This highly innovative project, if funded, will design and build trial heat systems networks in less than 12 months, to prove that British GSHP network technology can be reliably deployed on an industrial scale in the UK. If successful, this new technology can be transferred to other UK cities and overseas markets.In many parts of the UK and Europe geothermal energy stored in natural shallow underground water aquifers has the potential provide a safe, affordable, secure, and low-carbon source of heat for generations. Currently in the UK, ground source heat pump (GSHP) technology is only used by a small number of individual homes and businesses. By increasing GSHP capacity they can be used heat to entire streets via a smart network. Why has this not already been done? The technology for city scale networks is not yet developed and requires a new energy market based on large-scale GSHP capture and distribution networks. Before this can happen new technology needs to be developed and trialled to ensure systems are developed in a sustainable way. The potential champions of heat networks are Councils, who are tasked with approving planning consents for new developments. This highly innovative project, if funded, will design and build trial heat systems networks in less than 12 months, to prove that British GSHP network technology can be reliably deployed on an industrial scale in the UK. If successful, this new technology can be transferred to other UK cities and overseas markets.

20/08/15