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Waste heat to provide warmth to 21,000 London homes

Cory have been awarded £12.1 million through the Government’s £320 million Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP). The £1.6 million commercialisation grant and £10.5 million construction loan will support the development of one of the UK’s largest heat networks, delivered by Vattenfall, to supply low carbon heat to a total of 21,000 homes.

Cory’s existing Riverside energy from waste (EfW) facility will provide heat for up to 10,500 homes in Bexley in the first phase of the proposed heat network.

A second EfW facility – adjacent to the existing one and part of Cory’s Riverside Energy Park which received planning permission from the Government in April 2020 – will supply an additional 10,500 homes.

Serving a combined 21,000 homes, the heat network will be among the largest in the UK exemplifying the type of ambition needed as the UK transitions to net zero.

Lord Callanan, Minister for Climate Change and Corporate Responsibility, said:

“Changing how we heat our homes is a vital part of eradicating our contribution to climate change by 2050.  This ground-breaking project will not only establish one of the UK’s largest heat networks but will help accelerate the roll out of cutting-edge low-carbon technologies.

“We are supporting the project with £12 million funding, which will directly benefit 21,000 households, as part of our commitment to ensure the UK’s towns and cities are cleaner places to live and work.”

Cory will work with Vattenfall to deliver the project; a collaboration that will also support Vattenfall’s wider vision to deliver low carbon heating to 75,000 homes across the Thames Estuary over the next decade. The wider heat network will draw on secondary heat sources, such as heat as a by-product of commercial or industrial activities, or heat from the environment.

Dougie Sutherland, CEO at Cory, said:

“We are delighted that BEIS is supporting the development of one of the UK’s largest heat networks. This is a very major step towards net zero, providing low-carbon heat for thousands of homes and businesses in Bexley and its surrounding Boroughs.”

The funding represents an important step towards heat decarbonisation in the UK and is ambitious in terms of size and carbon saving potential. Thousands of homes and businesses within and surrounding Bexley will benefit from low carbon heat, generated from residual waste that would otherwise go to landfill or to other countries as Refuse Derived Fuel. This is currently the case for two million tonnes of London’s non-recyclable waste.

Mike Reynolds, Managing Director, Vattenfall Heat UK, said:

“The funding and support from the Heat Networks Investment Project team, the energy team at BEIS and within Triple Point has been outstanding. Through our exciting collaboration with Cory, the HNIP funding will be a key enabler in unlocking low carbon, low-cost heat for 75,000 London homes over the next ten years.”

Cory currently uses the River Thames to transport waste from the centre of London to its EfW facility on its fleet of tugs and barges, removing around 100,000 truck journeys a year from its congested roads. The completion of the Riverside Energy Park, which will be fully operational by 2025, will remove additional truck journeys, further reducing the capital’s reliance on landfill and delivering environmental and safety benefits. The waste that travels along the River Thames will serve the heat network.

Ken Hunnisett, Project Director at Triple Point Heat Networks Investment Management said:

“The Heat Networks Investment Project is entering its final year and what better way to do so than with the announcement of funding for a project of such tremendous scale and ambition. It will be a source of great pride for everyone involved to see the collaboration between Cory and Vattenfall fulfil its commitment to delivering affordable, reliable decarbonised heat to so many communities.”

 

 

 

Notes to editors:

 

For more information about Triple Point Heat Networks Investment Management and to find out how to apply for HNIP support visit: www.tp-heatnetworks.org.

A high-level summary of HNIP https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/heat-networks-investment-project-hnip-scheme-overview

Heat Networks Pipeline: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hndu-pipeline

For further information about the scheme and to join the HNIP mailing list to receive updates, please contact us:  enquiries@tp-heatnetworks.org.

For all media enquiries, please contact: comms.ecuity@tp-heatnetworks.org.

About Cory

  • Cory is one of the UK’s leading waste management, recycling, and energy recovery companies.
  • Riverside is one of the largest operating energy from waste facilities in the United Kingdom, with a unique river-based infrastructure on the Thames for delivering waste.
  • The company currently works directly with seven London Boroughs, including Hammersmith and Fulham, Lambeth, Wandsworth, Bexley, and Tower Hamlets, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, and the City of London.
  • Key statistics from 2020 include:
    • 731,000 tonnes of non-recyclable waste were diverted from landfill, saving 150,000 tonnes of CO2 from being released into the atmosphere.
    • 501 GWh of baseload electricity generated.
    • 170,000 tonnes of ash were turned into aggregate for construction.
    • 71,000 tonnes of recyclable waste were sorted.
    • £129.4m underlying revenue was made in 2020, with £62.5m in EBITDA.

 

About Vattenfall 

Vattenfall is one of Europe’s largest producers and retailers of electricity and heat with approximately 20,000 employees.  For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people’s homes and modernised our way of living through innovation and cooperation. Vattenfall has been working in the UK for more than ten years, developing fossil fuel-free energy projects. We now want to make fossil fuel-free living possible within one generation.

www.vattenfall.com/uk

About Vattenfall Heat UK  

Vattenfall Heat UK delivers on low carbon heating, cooling and power solutions; through smart minds, shared risk, and a commitment to enable fossil fuel-free living within one generation. We’re an energy partner at the forefront of affordable and reliable low carbon heating in the UK. The growth of our district heating business is accelerating in line with our purpose of powering climate smarter living.

heat.vattenfall.co.uk

 

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