{"id":1821,"date":"2014-04-28T05:44:44","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T05:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.star-ref.co.uk\/?p=1821"},"modified":"2021-06-25T14:21:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T14:21:20","slug":"rivers-lochs-could-save-scots-firms-250-million-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.star-ref.co.uk\/news\/rivers-lochs-could-save-scots-firms-250-million-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivers & lochs could save Scots firms \u00a3250 million a year"},"content":{"rendered":"Game changing technology would save country the equivalent of 260,000 car journeys around the world every<\/strong> year<\/strong><\/em>\r\n\r\nScots businesses are missing out on a \u00a3250m windfall from the country’s sodden climate, a new study has shown.\r\n

Heat pumps \u2013 hailed as “game changing” by UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey last month \u2013 could be used to turn cold water from rivers, lochs and even flooded mine shafts into cheap, renewable warmth for tens of thousands of businesses around Scotland, it has been estimated.<\/p>\r\n

The technology can use water as cool as 2\u00b0C to heat offices, warehouses, homes and public buildings. By comparison, the average temperature of a Scots river is 5\u00b0C.<\/p>\r\nDavid Pearson of Star Renewable Energy, who conducted the new research, said: “Heat pumps have the potential to save Scottish businesses \u00a3250 million a year \u2013 enough to employ almost 10,000 people at the country\u2019s average salary.\r\n\r\nScotland is a cool, wet country, and we have hundreds of rivers, streams and lochs which could provide the heat needed to warm office blocks, warehouses, supermarkets, cinemas and shops.\r\n\r\nRecent technological advances in industrial heat pumps have made it possible to deliver heat at over 70\u00b0C, meaning any building with a fuel bill of over \u00a3150,000 per year for heating could take advantage of this readily-available natural resource.\r\n\r\nThe only way to radically change the cost of heating is to harvest heat instead of burning new fuel.”\r\n\r\nHeat pumps aren\u2019t new. They were, in fact, examined by Scottish scientists some 150 years ago. But recent technological breakthroughs can really help fight the battle against climate change.\r\n\r\nIn\u00a0GLASGOW<\/strong>\u00a0it is estimated that heat pumps taking water from the River Kelvin could save Glasgow University \u00a31.6 million a year off its \u00a32 million gas bill. At Cranhill housing estate, in the east of the city, the use of water from the Camlachie Burn, which flows under 200 homes, could reduce heating costs by 80%.\r\n\r\nIn\u00a0EDINBURGH<\/strong>, it is estimated the city\u2019s airport could reduce its energy costs by 80% using water from the River Almond, which flows alongside its runway.\r\n\r\nA heat pump collects warmth from the cool water in rivers and lochs \u2013 known as low-grade heat \u2013 and delivers it at a higher temperature, but must use some imported energy to do so.\r\n\r\nThe technology was first described by William Thomson, the first Lord Kelvin, at Glasgow University in 1852.\r\n\r\nGlasgow firm Star Refrigeration have successfully deployed the technology at high temperatures in the Norwegian city of Drammen, where heat is harvested from a chilly fjord to heat the equivalent of 6,000 houses. The heat is achieved at a cost of 20% of burning gas, and with zero carbon footprint or local emissions from burning fuel.\r\n\r\nPearson said: “An exact replica of the Drammen industrial heat pump run in the UK can generate enough heating for 6,000 homes, cut CO2 emissions by 14,050 tonnes a year, and save \u00a31,500pa per household for 20 years.”\r\n\r\nStar\u2019s pioneering large scale heat pump technology can achieve temperatures of up to 90\u00b0C \u2013 45\u00b0C warmer than conventional heat pumps \u2013 at the same efficiency, using non ozone-depleting natural refrigerants with zero global warming potential.\r\n\r\nHeat pumps, as well as other renewable heat technologies, will be discussed at Scottish Renewables\u2019 Heat and Bioenergy Conference 2014 on April 28, when experts, industry leaders, public sector representatives and investors will debate the future of renewable heat.\r\n\r\nThe event gives a valuable face to this growing sector \u2013 a sector which has the potential to end the misery of cold homes for the 900,000 Scots households in fuel poverty, as well as making a huge contribution to our targets for a carbon free future.\r\n\r\nFor more information on Scottish Renewables\u2019 Heat and Bioenergy Conference 2014, to be held in Perth,\u00a0see\u00a0www.scottishrenewables.com\/events\/sr-heat-bioenergy-conference-2014\/<\/a>.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Game changing technology would save country the equivalent of 260,000 car journeys around the world","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nRivers & Lochs Could Save Scots Firms \u00a3250 Million a Year | Star Refrigeration<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Game changing technology could save Scots businesses \u00a3250m every year, the equivalent of 260,000 car journeys around the world. 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