ODA with Cofely GDF Suez win CHPA Award sponsored by AEA
The Olympic Delivery Authority with Cofely GDF SUEZ won the Combined Heat and Power Association (CHPA) public sector award sponsored by AEA for a scheme serving the Olympic Park and Stratford City.
The scheme comprises two inter-linked energy centres serving the Olympic Park’s temporary and permanent venues, the Olympic Village, Westfield Stratford Shopping Centre and businesses and homes in Stratford area. The energy centres will also deliver low carbon energy to the Olympic Park’s legacy buildings and surrounding developments, including the regeneration of Stratford City.
The CHPA Awards, showcasing achievement, innovation and best practice from across the combined heat and power and district heating sector, were presented by Alan Whitehead MP on 22 November.
Alan Whitehead commented: “When you present awards to the Olympic Park, the National Sports Centre, a zero carbon community development, a paper manufacturer and a leading local authority, you really start to see the creativity, determination and drive of this industry. The UK CHP sector is demonstrating how to push the boundaries with outstanding projects.”
The Awards, now in their fourth year, were presented in five categories. The entries were assessed by AEA’s CHP & Heat team led by the knowledge leader Mahmoud Abu-Ebid. A distinguished group of judges made up the 2011 judging panel: Alan Whitehead MP; Ute Collier, Committee on Climate Change; Steve Hodgson of Cogeneration and On-Site Power Production Magazine; and Eoin Lees of Eoin Lees Energy.
The Innovation Award, sponsored by Nabarro LLP, was presented to Vital Energi Utilities and Cynergin Consultants for The National Sports Centre. Vital Energi and Cynergin Consultants have worked together to install a record-breaking low carbon CHP solution at the iconic National Sports Centre in Crystal Palace, a listed heritage building which was opened in 1964. The project is particularly innovative for utilising waste heat from the gas engine exhaust to enhance efficiency and performance.
The Community and Residential Award was presented to Regeneco for Graylingwell Park. Graylingwell Park is set to be the UK’s largest net zero carbon new development built to date. It boasts an integrated district heating scheme that is introducing the benefits of distributed energy to a new sustainable community on this former hospital site.
Siemens plc was awarded the Industrial and Commercial Award for UPM Caledonian paper mill. With huge amounts of electricity and heat required to drive processes in the pulp and paper industry, UPM Caledonian has explored ways of reducing its energy costs while improving competitiveness at its Irvine site. A CHP plant incorporating Siemens technologies has been instrumental in helping UPM to reduce its CO2 emissions by around 75,000 tonnes annually.
The Champion Award, recognising an outstanding contribution to the advancement of CHP or district energy in the UK, was presented to Bill Clark, Sustainability Policy Manager at Southampton City Council. With three major networks, Southampton has achieved a status as the leading city for district heating and cooling with CHP. Bill Clark’s drive and determination has seen the networks in the city expand and prosper and he has gone on to use his knowledge to champion the approach in other towns and cities and provide advice to other councils wishing to follow Southampton’s lead. The Champion Award was sponsored by Vital Energi.
Read more about the CHPA Awards at the Integrated Energy 2011 website
AEA's Mahmoud Abu-Ebid has over 18 years of practical e
xperience of energy use in industry and buildings, with an in depth knowledge of CHP technologies, applications and government policies. Over this time he has developed a knowledge of energy market reforms and policies and gained experience in dealing with CHP developers, energy services companies, government departments and their agencies, local authorities and other public sector organisations.
As Chief Technical advisor to Defra, he provides policy and technical support on all CHP related aspects and represents Defra at a number of working groups dealing with CHP in the UK and Europe.
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