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Biomass boiler cuts Stansted Airport gas bill 40%
Stansted Airport's new £50 million terminal extension has seen gas consumption levels cut by nearly 40% thanks its new "state-of-the-art" biomass boiler system.
BAA Stanstead said this week that despite the coldest for 13 years hitting the UK this year, the new woodchip-fuelled heating system at the terminal "has out-performed all expectations".
The 2MW boiler was made by Austrian firm Gilles Energie and supplied by Broag UK in order to make the terminal extension carbon neutral.
Broag UK is a subsidiary of De Dietrich Remeha.
The Stansted biomass heating system is one of the largest boilers in commercial use for heating purposes according to the airport operator, and supports the gas-fired boilers that have heated the airport terminal since the early 1990s.
It uses about 2,500 tonnes of woodchip fuel each year, which BAA Stansted said comes from Forestry Commission Certified sources.
The operator of the UK's third largest airport said the biomass facility had proved so efficient since last November that it has become the airport's primary boiler.
Savings
Results between November 2008 and March 2009 revealed that gas consumption at Stansted was around 60% of the predicted forecasts for the period, and more than 30% lower than the same period the previous year.
Renewable Heat
New Energy Focus and the Renewable Energy Association are hosting a major conference on renewable heat in London on May 14.
Speakers from government departments will be joined by local authority experts and key industry figures to discuss the potential opportunities and barriers as the Renewable Heat Incentive is developed.
"To say we're delighted with the performance of the new biomass boiler is an understatement," said Andy Jefferson, head of environment at Stansted Airport.
"We set out to ensure the recent terminal extension would be carbon neutral but performance data so far indicates those savings go much further."
"And all this despite it being one of the coldest winters on record for over a decade," Mr Jefferson added. "We have one of the largest biomass boilers in commercial use for heating in the UK at present and cannot express enough how satisfied we are with its performance to date."
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Stansted Airport's new £50 million terminal extension has seen gas consumption levels cut by nearly 40% thanks its new "state-of-the-art" biomass boiler system.
BAA Stanstead said this week that despite the coldest for 13 years hitting the UK this year, the new woodchip-fuelled heating system at the terminal "has out-performed all expectations".
The 2MW boiler was made by Austrian firm Gilles Energie and supplied by Broag UK in order to make the terminal extension carbon neutral.
Broag UK is a subsidiary of De Dietrich Remeha.
The Stansted biomass heating system is one of the largest boilers in commercial use for heating purposes according to the airport operator, and supports the gas-fired boilers that have heated the airport terminal since the early 1990s.
It uses about 2,500 tonnes of woodchip fuel each year, which BAA Stansted said comes from Forestry Commission Certified sources.
The operator of the UK's third largest airport said the biomass facility had proved so efficient since last November that it has become the airport's primary boiler.
Savings
Results between November 2008 and March 2009 revealed that gas consumption at Stansted was around 60% of the predicted forecasts for the period, and more than 30% lower than the same period the previous year.
Renewable Heat
New Energy Focus and the Renewable Energy Association are hosting a major conference on renewable heat in London on May 14.
Speakers from government departments will be joined by local authority experts and key industry figures to discuss the potential opportunities and barriers as the Renewable Heat Incentive is developed.
"To say we're delighted with the performance of the new biomass boiler is an understatement," said Andy Jefferson, head of environment at Stansted Airport.
"We set out to ensure the recent terminal extension would be carbon neutral but performance data so far indicates those savings go much further."
"And all this despite it being one of the coldest winters on record for over a decade," Mr Jefferson added. "We have one of the largest biomass boilers in commercial use for heating in the UK at present and cannot express enough how satisfied we are with its performance to date."
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