ENERGY
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hrewsbury & Telford Hospital
NHS Trust has recently
switched on a new energy
efficient combined heat and
power system that is set to
slash £2 million off the Trust’s
energy bills.
The savings will enable the Royal
Shrewsbury Hospital to spend more on
frontline patient services.
The combined heat and power
system, designed and installed by energy
experts, Ener-g Combined Power Ltd,
will also mean big reductions in the
Trust’s carbon emissions, a factor that
has led to the Carbon Trust awarding a
grant of £549,000 – the maximum
grant available.
The natural gas powered system will
generate one megawatt of electricity an
hour, 24 hours a day, and hospital chiefs
say it will improve patient comfort.
It will allow temperatures on the wards
to be brought down from the current 25-
27 degrees to an average of 21 degrees.
Andy Hudson, the trust’s acting
head of capital, said the deal with Ener-g
Combined Power would make the
hospital trust a model for others in the
NHS to follow.
“I would like to see this as a
demonstration site for what can be
achieved in terms of energy savings and
improvements to the patient environment”,
HOSPITAL SWITCHES ON
TO BIG ENERGY SAVINGS
he said. “At the end of 12 months I The scheme has enabled 5,500 light
would like us to apply for a best practice fittings to be changed to improve the
guide from Defra or the Building quality of the lighting and at the same
Research Establishment”. time save 350 kilowatts of electricity. The
The scheme has taken three and a site energy management system has also
half years to come to fruition and has not been replaced with controls.
cost the hospital trust a penny. Chris Hayton, business development
Said Andy Hudson: “Ener-g is the director with Ener-g Combined Power,
only supplier that would guarantee us said: “We have been working with the
savings and this is a marriage between trust for about 18 months on a deal that is
the company and the trust. structured along the principles of a Public
“They have brought their expertise to Private Partnership.
the table with a future-proven system and “We provide guaranteed levels of
we have formed a partnership with them. energy savings and performance and
“This is a 15 year operation which will should the agreed targets not be met, we
optimise both production and use of on- will honour our commitment by making
site energy”. up the shortfall”.
He said the system would generate Ener-g Combined Power Ltd., which is
fifty percent of the electricity required, based at Salford, Manchester, is one of
about a third of the hospital’s heating, the world’s leading specialists in providing
and would also provide cooling. clean and efficient energy solutions.
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