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Customer Energy Village
‘Customer Energy Village’ featuring Hydrogen Powered Homes.
Wainwrights were appointed as Project Managers for Northern Gas Network’s Energy Village that is researching ways of decarbonising home energy use in existing houses.
A group of houses spanning different architectural generations is being built in Gateshead. Known as The Customer Energy Village (CEV), this is a truly pioneering project that when complete will be the first of its kind in the world.
The initial phase one pilot was a world first in the design and construction of 2 new build Hydrogen Powered Houses. Whilst this was an innovative step in the testing of green fuel technology, it was restrictive to one house type when building from new. The challenge was how this technology could become available to all and introduced across the UK’s existing housing stock.
The answer has been to design and provide a testing facility to see how hydrogen power can work inside domestic properties from different eras spanning the 20th century from 1910 to the 1990’s. Once complete and in use, it will provide a real-world example of the decarbonisation challenges faced by the UK.
- Location: Gateshead
- Value: £2 million
A LIVE TEST BED FOR SPECIALIST ENGINEERS.
The purpose of The CEV is to provide a live test bed for specialist engineers to experiment and see how the use of Hydrogen Power would work in a live property, for the testing of boilers, heating systems, cooking appliances etc.
The properties are fed green electricity to underpin the sustainable and green ambitions of the facility, which also has future for scale demonstration of 100% hydrogen for domestic heating and cooking.
At a time of an Energy and Carbon Crisis, The CEV will support research and innovation into the energy systems transition, vulnerability and new digital technologies, to deliver solutions, skills and growth in support of the UK Governments Net Zero 2050 Strategy.
The Village reflects the 85% of homes that have already built in the UK and will still be in use in 2050. It provides a ready-made environment to develop & demonstrate technologies linked to the green economy such as hydrogen ready appliances, hybrid heat pumps etc. all linked to utility infrastructure which enables the latest thinking around smart technologies.
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