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Well done to the Council for being the Leaders with this Project
Posted by Norman Dunn on 8/10/2024, 16:00:29 Edited by board administrator 8/10/2024, 17:34:14
The flagship South Tyneside renewable energy scheme Gerry Roberts & I visited a few months back has picked up another top award. Well done to our Council for getting involved in the scheme. Gerry's Company in Colorado have an invention that could possibly run alongside the Viking project. The Viking Energy Network is based on the Jarrow & Hebburn border opposite the 'White Lead' Pub.It is so brilliant it has picked up another top award following the RICS Awards UK Grand Final on Friday, October 4.
Above is the Leader of the Council Tracy Dixon with an Engineer based there.
This South Tyneside renewable energy scheme takes water from the Tyne, puts it through heat pumps and exports it to council-owned buildings in Jarrow. This brilliant scheme secured the top prize in the Public Sector Project category. This Viking Energy Network saves South Tyneside Council around £492,000 a year and it can be expanded if required. It won its respective category in the North East regional RICS heat earlier this year, which saw it progress to the final. The awards are designed to celebrate the UK’s most “inspirational built” project that have a “significant positive impact” on the communities that they serve. When commenting on the renewable energy scheme, judges stated: “The Viking Energy Network harnesses the River Tyne's low-grade heat to warm council buildings in Jarrow. Viking Energy Network demonstrates the potential of sustainable district heating systems and offers a blueprint for nationwide replication to aid the UK in achieving Net Zero goals. All of the electicity used to run the project is supplied by Solar Panels, so no big electicity bills. “This project exemplifies how society's energy needs can be met with minimal environmental impact. “It also demonstrates how areas once at the forefront of fossil fuel production can provide leadership in our low-carbon future.” The latest recognition for the Viking Energy Network comes just weeks after it was recognised as the Best Climate Action or Decarbonisation Initiative at this year’s Association of Public Sector Excellence (APSE) Awards.
Re: Well done to the Council for being the Leaders with this Project
Good to see you on the board John. It is heating more building than I said in my 1st post. I heat THREE Multi Storey Flats & Jarrow Business Centre aswell as the Leisure centre & Town hall. The same project could be replicated so as you say, has great potential.
Re: Well done to the Council for being the Leaders with this Project
I assume that it take water from the Tyne and it gots through an heat extraction system and the water which is then cooler goes back out into the Tyne.
I could see that the system will work so long as the amount of water used is limited so that the temperature of the water in the Tyne does not drop too much and effect the eco. System.
Could the whole of Tyneside use the system without damage to the Eco system of the river?
Why should I think about that, it was part of my job to look into cause and effect of various actions of the company that I worked for.
Allan C.
Allan C.
Re: Well done to the Council for being the Leaders with this Project
Allan This is what an expert says about taking heat from our river water. The greatest dangers to fish (apart from fisherman) is pollution and rising water temperatures due to Global Warming. Raising the water temperature reduces the oxygen level, so taking the surplus heat away like we are doing here benefits fish/riverlife