The heat pump will be housed in an energy centre which will have a mixed-use development built above it. When operational it will contribute low carbon heat to the Bristol Heat Network which already supplies over 1,0000 properties.
Scott Lutton, operations director – North & Scotland explains: “This project is an ambitious partnership between Bristol City Council and Goram Homes which will deliver rapid decarbonisation and make a substantial contribution to meeting their carbon reduction targets whilst delivering secure, affordable homes. This is a particularly exciting as large-scale water source heat pumps are an underused renewable solution and this will be a fantastic showcase to demonstrate the carbon reductions they can generate.”
Both mayors toured the site, received a project briefing from Project Director Hugh Thompson and learned more about how the heat pump will take water from the nearby harbour and convert it into useable heat and hot water.