go to top scroll for more

WP2 Bridgend Area Energy Strategy: Bridgend Local Area Energy Strategy – District Energy & District Heating


Citation Korais, E. WP2 Bridgend Area Energy Strategy: Bridgend Local Area Energy Strategy – District Energy & District Heating, ETI, 2017. https://doi.org/10.5286/UKERC.EDC.000525.
Cite this using DataCite
Author(s) Korais, E.
Project partner(s) ARUP (Ove Arup and Partners Ltd)
Publisher ETI
DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/UKERC.EDC.000525
Download AdHoc_SSH_SS9006_2.pdf document type
Abstract Bridgend County Borough Council has been working with a group of stakeholders consisting of Welsh Government, Western Power Distribution, Wales and West Utilities and the Energy Systems Catapult, to pilot an advanced whole system approach to local area energy planning. Bridgend is one of three areas including Newcastle and Bury in Greater Manchester participating in the pilot project as part of the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) Smart Systems and Heat (SSH) Programme.

This assessment of the EnergyPath Networks district heating deployment in Bridgend takes outputs from the EPN tool and determines the viability of the proposed heat networks by considering constraints and opportunities to distribution and transmission network development alongside Energy Centre placement. The report considers the suitability of the prime mover specified and the implications this may have onthe network and local area. The report also discusses the opportunities and impacts associated with large scale heat pumps as a long term heat supply option.

The report highlights that a large proportion of specified plant across all pathways has a low utilisation factor and in some cases the technology selection should be reassessed to ensure that the optimum solution can be, and is, reached. It is suggested that this be a holistic assessment which also considers plant complexity, practical capacity changes and plant lifetimes.

The report finds that all the proposed pathways are considered valid (at this initial stage) and technically feasible for implementation by a local authority. Some pathways encounter more local constraints, particularly focused around road and rail infrastructure. These may mean than sub-optimal distribution and transmission routes and/orbespoke crossing points are required. Flooding is also an issue in some pathways which may add complexity to the designrequirements
Associated Project(s) ETI-SS9007: Smart Systems and Heat (SSH) Programme - Manchester Local Area Energy Strategy
Associated Dataset(s) No associated datasets
Associated Publication(s)

List of projects for the ETI Smart Systems and Heat (SSH) Programme

SSH Stagegate 1 - Review of International Smart Systems and Heat Initiatives - Final Report

WP2 Bridgend Area Energy Strategy: Bridgend Local Area Energy Strategy – Assessment of Domestic Low Carbon

WP2 Bridgend Area Energy Strategy: Bridgend Local Area Energy Strategy – Review of Near Term Transformation Projects – Detached

WP2 Bridgend Area Energy Strategy: Bridgend Local Area Energy Strategy – Review of Near Term Transformation Projects – Nondomestic

WP2 Bridgend Area Energy Strategy: Bridgend Local Area Energy Strategy – Review of Near Term Transformation Projects – Semidetached

WP2 Bridgend Area Energy Strategy: Bridgend Local Area Energy Strategy – The Evidence Base

WP2 Bridgend Area Energy Strategy: Bridgend Policy and Socio Economic Impact Report

WP2 Manchester Local Area Energy Strategy: Assessment of Domestic Low Carbon Transition Pathways in Bury

WP2 Manchester Local Area Energy Strategy: Greater Manchester Spatial Energy Plan Evidence Base Study Full Report

WP2 Manchester Local Area Energy Strategy: Greater Manchester Spatial Energy Plan: Evidence Base Study

WP2 Manchester Local Area Energy Strategy: Local Area Energy Strategy - Bury Evidence Base Report

WP2 Manchester Local Area Energy Strategy: Non-Domestic Decentralised Energy and District Heating Deployment, Bury. Connecting to Networks

WP2 Manchester Local Area Energy Strategy: Non-Domestic Decentralised Energy and District Heating Deployment, Bury. Metrics

WP2 Manchester Local Area Energy Strategy: Planning Briefing Notes Informing Spatial Energy Plan – Briefing Note 1

WP2 Manchester Local Area Energy Strategy: Planning Briefing Notes Informing Spatial Energy Plan – Briefing Note 2

WP2 Manchester Local Area Energy Strategy: Planning Briefing Notes Informing Spatial Energy Plan – Briefing Note 3

WP2 Manchester Local Area Energy Strategy: Planning Briefing Notes Informing Stage 0 GM Spatial Energy Plan – Briefing Note 4

WP2 Manchester Local Area Energy Strategy: Policy and Commercial Insights for Energy System Transformation: Bury Council

WP2 Manchester Local Area Energy Strategy: Review of gas heat supply to heat pumps

WP2 Manchester Local Area Energy Strategy: Selection of a Local Authority Area for EnergyPath Networks Study - Briefing Report

WP2 Newcastle Area Energy Strategy: Newcastle City Council Local Area Energy Planning Evidence Base