District Heating Project
District Heating Studies
Ramboll Energy and Masterplanning Study 2016
In view of the quantum of new development in the town and the existence of a local energy recovery facility, Newhaven Town Council applied for Government Funding to assess the potential for a District Heat Network to be delivered in Newhaven. With awarded funding and financial support from East Sussex County Council, Lewes District Council, Veolia and the Green Growth Platform, in 2016 the company Ramboll was commissioned by Newhaven Town Council to undertake an energy mapping and masterplanning study. This was in order to establish the technical and commercial feasibility of heat network opportunities across the Town Centre and surrounding area.
Ramboll collaborated with the Town Council to:
- understand current and future energy demands in Newhaven
- identify potential opportunities to develop heat networks
- select the most promising opportunities in line with the Council’s aspiration as well as commercial, environmental and financial considerations.
Two opportunities were identified for a high level technical and commercial assessment. For these opportunities Ramboll assessed a number of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and used the results to establish the overall potential for a heat network and the next steps towards implementation.
Opportunities
Two potential heat network opportunities were identified in the study:
1) A Main Network, with an existing Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) located in the North Quay Area utilised as the primary heat supply asset;
2) A small scheme, located in the West Newhaven Marina area (West Quay) which could be supplied by a purpose built local energy centre fitted with gas boilers and a water source heat pump.
The report can be viewed here
Anthesis Heat Network Feasibility Study 2020
Newhaven Town Council secured further Government Funding and support from East Sussex County Council, Lewes District Council and Veolia, to undertake a Feasibility Study of the potential to provide a District Heat Network, building on the earlier Ramboll Study.
This study explored various scenarios of delivering a district heating and private wire networks to the local area focusing on energy, particularly waste heat energy available from two Energy from Waste plants in the vicinity, namely the Veolia plant on the North Quay and the CTEC plant on the East Quay.
Predicted energy consumption figures were calculated and compared to the Middle Layer Super Output Area (MSOA), a geospatial statistical unit used in England and Wales to facilitate the reporting of small area statistics.
The study highlighted that in the previous study, some electrical demand assessments for the Newhaven area may be overestimated.
The feasibility of Four Scenarios, (one comprising two distinct phases) were investigated in greater detail:
Scenario 1a: Veolia Energy from waste plant serving North Quay
Scenario 1b: Second phase of scenario 1, extending to a light industrial estate across a railway
Scenario 2: CTEC shipping heat to new housing development in Eastside
Scenario 3: New CTEC plant supplying new residential development at Harbour Heights and the Mariner
The study highlights some key opportunities and risks for the local and regional government in delivering a district heat network in Newhaven.
The study can be viewed here