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Staff from Stockport Homes and British Gas celebrate the installation of the biomass system
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The system will provide heating and hot water to 487 flats at Lancashire Hill, Heaton Norris. The 999kW biomass boiler will also deliver carbon savings of around 1,400 tonnes per annum (a reduction of 75%).
The 34-year-old gas boilers at Lancashire Hill were removed and replaced with a biomass boiler, as well as other low-carbon improvements such as heating control upgrades and solar thermal.
The project received funding from British Gas under its obligations to the Community Energy Saving Programme (CESP) totalling £750k, along with European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) funding of £617k.
Further schemes are planned for Stockport Homes' district heated sites during 2012. Mark Hudson, director of technical services, said: “This project shows that Stockport Homes is about much more than bricks and mortar. We have taken a very positive move to develop this innovative scheme to move from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like biomass.”
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