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We were commissioned by Ceredigion County Council for the design, tendering and client engineer role for the delivery of a new biomass boiler, wood store and heat network to supply Canolfan Rheidol Council Office, the Welsh Government Offices, Penweddig Secondary School and Plascrug Leisure Centre.
Further work supported and funded by Ceredigion County Council and the Heat Networks Delivery Unit looked at the opportunities to expand the Aberystwyth network.
Scope
The scope to appraise the viability of developing a low carbon district heat network development in the Aberystwyth Plascrug area. The scope developed to details design, Outline Business Case, procurement, project construction support, clients engineer
Services
Sustainable Energy were commissioned to undertake masterplanning, feasibility, detailed design, specification, business case support, heat network design, supervision, client engineer, compliance and operations support.
Solution
The Plascrug district heating scheme supplies four large buildings comprising the Council Office head offices, the Welsh Government Offices, Penweddig Secondary School and Plascrug Leisure Centre.
A 1,000kW biomass boiler is supplied from locally sourced sustainable wood chip.
Since installation, we have supported the council in operations and maintenance, compliance and ongoing technical advisory for the scheme.