Double CHP Arrival at Imperial College London

2nd September 2016

The £32 million in energy savings set to be made by Imperial College London moved a step closer recently when the project team, led by Vital Energi, took delivery of the two 4.5MWe combined heat and power engines which will be installed at the heart of the new energy centre.

The engines completed their 1,000+ mile journey from Innsbruck in Austria to London where they were carefully manoeuvred into the College’s basement energy centre.

The 44 tonne CHP engines, which at 12m by 2.9m are roughly the same size as a standard bus, were carefully craned from the delivery truck before being placed on a lifting platform and lowered into the CHP enclosure.

Mike Cooke, Regional Director for Vital Energi commented, “Imperial College London had a clear vision that they wanted to reduce their carbon emissions and save energy costs and we are delighted to have worked in partnership with them to realise these ambitions. The College have made a significant investment in this project, but they will now receive guaranteed savings of £32 million and carbon reductions of 100,000 tonnes over the next 10 years.”

All savings are being guaranteed under an energy performance contract, provided by Vital Energi.