Gateshead Council
Summary
Gateshead is celebrating a successful first summer of heat and power generated from zero carbon, renewable sources.
Since May this year, the area's District Energy Network has been almost completely powered by renewable heat and power sources for all the needs of the network.
That means high profile buildings including the Glasshouse (formerly Sage Gateshead), BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art and Gateshead College, as well as hundreds of high rise homes.
This has been possible thanks to the seamless integration of Gateshead Energy Company's newly installed urban solar parks with the UK's largest minewater heat pump system.
So on sunny or bright days this summer, we've been able to turn off our gas-fired Combined Heat and Power engines entirely.
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