Heat Highways
Data Centres as a Clean Heat Source
The UK has more data centres than almost any other country with much more growth predicted, each of which generates incredible amounts of waste heat.
Most of the electrical power consumed by data centres is transformed into thermal power – that could be used to heat your home.
We can’t continue to dump heat to atmosphere, while British families struggle to stay warm.
Roadmap to Energy, Security & Net Zero
In the age of abundance, we’ve forgotten the old mantra of ‘waste not, want not’. If we desperately need clean, low-cost energy – why do we squander so much of what we already produce? Building solar parks and offshore wind farms might be exciting, but there’s a far more practical solution right under our noses: waste heat.
Data centres, power stations, factories, and wastewater treatment plants are just a few industries generating incredible amounts of excess heat that currently disappears into the ether.
With existing technologies, heat utilities can establish inter-city heat transmission highways to capture and store this surplus heat, delivering it when needed to the UK’s 17,000 heat networks.
Heat Transmission Highways
Heat Highways can harvest commercial and industrial waste heat, heat from surplus renewable power generation, and freely available renewable heat from coal mines. This heat can then be transported to villages, towns, and cities, providing a sustainable and efficient solution for heating needs.
By transporting low-cost, zero-carbon heat from areas of surplus to where it’s needed most, we have a powerful opportunity to build community wealth, create green jobs, and eliminate fuel poverty.
What is the most efficient method for storing renewable electricity?
During times of surplus or “waste” electricity production excess renewable energy can be stored efficiently as thermal energy in for example large pit storage facilities, abandoned quarries or mines.
Stored for days, weeks or even months at a time this heated water can be dispatched and distributed more widely using Heat Transmission Highways to supply surrounding regions with clean and affordable home heating.
Excess Electricity to Thermal Storage
Videos
Eradicating Energy Waste with Heat Highways
Future Proofing Heat for Good
Future-proofing Heat for a Greener Future
Heat Highways & Green Grids
Cost Effectively Decarbonising our Cities
Future Proofing Heat from our Coal Mines
City Cooling Grids
Heat Highways: Scotland’s Fast Lane
Future Proofing Heat for Mancunians
Heat Networks: The Battery Alternative
Large-scale heat pumps are rare in the UK, but they’re vital to the growth of district heating and making net zero a reality. When coupled with thermal storage, heat pumps can become ‘green heat converters’ that soak up cheap renewable and supply heat networks with 24/7 clean heating.
Why are we building more wind farms while we curtail the output of the ones we have?
Hvide Sande: A Blueprint for Coastal Towns in the UK
As coastal towns in the United Kingdom look to revitalize their economies and transition to greener energy, they can find inspiration just across the North Sea in Hvide Sande.
Could UK coastal towns unlock a cleaner, more resilient future by following Hvide Sande’s lead in harnessing local renewable energy for sustainable heating?
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