{"id":27038,"date":"2025-04-17T08:24:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T08:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/27038\/"},"modified":"2025-04-17T08:24:27","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T08:24:27","slug":"bristols-heat-network-to-expand-with-energy-centre-near-totterdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/27038\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol’s Heat Network to expand with energy centre near Totterdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

It will heat all the new buildings around Temple Meads station\"TheThe giant hot water storage tank at the Vattenfall Heat Network centre next to Castle Park(Image: PAUL GILLIS \/ Reach PLC)<\/p>\n

An energy<\/a> centre to provide heating and hot water to the Temple Meads and Temple Quarter area of Bristol has been proposed for a spot at the bottom of the hill below Totterdown.<\/p>\n

The Bath<\/a> Road Energy Centre will be a permanent location for a generating site as part of the city\u2019s District Heat Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Moreover, the energy centre will be located on a triangle of land to the West of Bath Road, bordered by the Totterdown scarp hillside and the railway line.<\/p>\n

The energy centre is being proposed by Vattenfall, the company owned by the Swedish state which is part of the Bristol City Leap.<\/p>\n

As a result, Vattenfall is holding a public exhibition to explain the energy centre, and will be putting in a planning application in the summer.<\/p>\n

This event will take place on Thursday, April 24, between 3pm and 8pm, at the Double Tree by Hilton hotel on Redcliffe Way.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll be there between 3pm and 8pm to share information, hear your feedback and take any questions,\u201d a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

They added: \u201cThe Bath Road Energy Centre will be the second low carbon energy centre to supply heating and hot water to the Bristol heat network, with a specific focus on the Temple area where a new heat network is currently being installed.<\/p>\n

“It will generate low carbon heat using air source heat pump technology.”<\/p>\n

They further explained: \u201cVattenfall is working with Bristol City Leap, a world-first city-scale public and private sector partnership aimed at achieving carbon neutrality for the city’s energy infrastructure by 2030.<\/p>\n

“As owners and operators of the Bristol heat network, Vattenfall is responsible for expanding the existing heat network, developing new network areas and energy centres, and ultimately interconnecting them to create a single Bristol heat network that serves buildings with low carbon, reliable heating and hot water at a fair price.”<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Bristol Live reported that Vattenfall was reviewing its operations in district heat networks around Europe, including in the UK.<\/p>\n

However, while it is doing that, the Heat Network in Bristol is continuing to expand.<\/p>\n

The main source for the hot water and heating comes from a heat transfer station using water from the Floating Harbour at Castle Park, and there is currently a temporary energy centre on a street in Bedminster<\/a> that is the source of heating for the Bedminster<\/a> Green developments.<\/p>\n

Vattenfall says it will be expanding the heat network to provide heating and hot water to \u2018the equivalent of 12,000 homes\u2019 by 2030.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It will heat all the new buildings around Temple Meads stationThe giant hot water storage tank at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8818],"tags":[381,748,16425,393,728,4884,11946,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-27038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bristol","8":"tag-bristol","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-energy-switching","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-environment","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-totterdown","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114352348433528345","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}