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UK Power Networks is to supply heat to the Tate Modern from its Bankside electricity substation in an award-winning project, it announced today.
Waste heat recovered from the substation is expected to contribute around 7,000MWh a year towards the art gallery’s heating and hot water demand. It will be used in a new wing due to open by 2016 and save up to 1,400 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions compared to a gas boiler.
The novel scheme got £800,000 from Ofgem’s Innovation Funding Incentive and £200,000 from the Tate Modern.
Paul Dyer, UKPN transformer specialist, said such heat recovery techniques could be applied far more widely, particularly in big cities.
“One of the barriers to implementing heat recovery on a wider scale at the moment are the initial capital costs,” he said. “However, the hope is that as more of these projects are developed, the costs might be reduced.”
UKPN, in partnership with Tate Modern, Arup and Wilson Transformer Company, picked up regional awards for the project from the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.
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