Energy Infrastructure

Energy Infrastructure Uses

The requirement of the buildings to control the environment within them year round means that they can have a fairly heavy energy demand. Although we would expect them to be built to the highest standards of thermal efficiency, even the movement of produce and people in and out will mean that energy is needed, at the height of Summer and in the depths of Winter, to maintain the steady growing conditions needed.

As a result, we know that there will be a need for all types of energy infrastructure within the site, and serving it. There will need to be a grid connection, but we would also hope that as much as possible of the energy needed to operate the site would come from on-site generation. We are working closely with the University of Derby on some of their innovative and experimental ways of managing power and heat.

We haven’t finalised the overall package of measures related to energy yet – we are keeping our options, and minds, open, but, at present, we envisage it may include:

  • All buildings have solar panels on the roof

  • Anaerobic Digestion (AD) fed from site based and imported waste

  • A Small Modular Reactor (SMR) to meet high energy demands of site, and could allow for off-site export

  • Ground Source heat recovery – either directly for heating, or for power generation

  • “Phase Change” latent heat storage

  • Water Treatment energy recovery – captured from the treatment facility on site, to AD or heat exchange

  • EV Truck Charge – dedicated facility for electrically powered HGV’s serving the site, and using the adjacent major highway routes.

  • EV Hub – light vehicle EV facility for the site, the local area and the nearby highway route demands.

  • Alternative fuel station for trucks and farm vehicles – hydrogen or synthetic fuels

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