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Resource management company, Veolia, is helping the Royal United Hospitals (RUH) Bath NHS Foundation Trust to decarbonise its Combe Park estate following the start of a major upgrade that will deliver a carbon reduction of approximately 25 per cent from 2030 onwards.
The project has received £21.6 million grant funding from the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS), which is administered by Salix on behalf of the Government’s Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). The Carbon and Energy Fund (CEF) led on the development of their PSDS Salix application and procurement of the project.
Planning applications for upgrades covering the desteaming of the majority of the heating distribution network and replacing aging infrastructure, along with the removal of the existing boiler plant and installation of a new low-carbon heating system, including 2.2MW of air and water source cascade heat pumps, was approved in February 2025. These installations have the capacity to significantly reduce carbon emissions and will be further supplemented with low-grade and high-grade heat from the existing combined heat and power plant, and continue the steam supply to the autoclaves used for sterilisation.
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