Birmingham District Energy
Above: Cofely District Energy, Aston University and Birmingham City Council officials
greeting Aston University’s new 3.0MWe CHP in 2009.
The Birmingham District Energy Scheme is playing a pivotal role in Birmingham City Council’s climate change strategy, which aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 60% by 2025.
The Birmingham District Energy Scheme is owned and operated by COFELY District Energy working in partnership with Birmingham City Council – under the name of Birmingham District Energy Company Ltd (BDEC). The scheme features Tri-generation, producing heat, electricity and chilled water. The scheme makes extensive use of highly efficient large-scale combined heat and power (CHP) technologies, and uses conventional boilers for ‘top up’, standby and increased resilience.
BDEC’s three core schemes initially involved the supply of energy to 10 prestigious users from both the public and private sectors. However, due to the scheme’s significant delivery of financial and carbon savings to its consumers, it has already expanded to supply several third party private developments.
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