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Powering construction sites with hydrogen
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A zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell capable of providing enough heat and power for an entire off-grid construction site has been installed on a project in Lincolnshire. Siemens, contractor for National Grid’s Viking Link interconnector project, installed the system because the site will not have a grid connection for at least six months. The hydrogen power system was installed in August and will provide 250kVA of standard three phase, 400V of electrical power and up to 80kW of heating.
Penzance’s ‘blue lagoon’ heated by geothermal energy The UK’s first geothermal lido opened this summer in Penzance, Cornwall. The system extracts warm water from a geothermal well, drilled around 410m deep, takes heat out of the water using pumps and distributes it to the pool via a heat exchanger. The geothermal energy heats a section of the pool to a water temperature of 35oC. The well at Penzance’s 85-year-old Jubilee Pool, the UK’s largest lido, was constructed by Geothermal Engineering with grant support from the European Regional Development Fund.
The world’s greenest railway station? Given planning approval in August, HS2’s interchange near Birmingham is the first railway station globally to achieve the BREEAM Outstanding certification. Energy generating technology includes air source heat pumps and over 2,000 sq m of solar panels. The station’s design includes use of natural ventilation and daylighting, a rainwater harvesting tank with 150 cu m capacity and 222 electrical vehicle charging points.
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