Dalkia helps the Redcoats with new CHP plant 16 May 2013

Cogenco, Dalkia's specialist CHP (combined heat and power) provider, has supplied a new CHP system to the famous Butlins holiday resort in Skegness.

The 120kWe CHP plant will provide heating and electricity for the resort, which caters for 1.5 million holiday makers each year.

Cogenco's CHP is a packaged system designed for smaller commercial sites, and has been sized to deliver significant savings compared with electricity supply from the grid and running separate heating systems – as well as reducing CO2 emissions.

In this application, waste energy from the electricity generation plant is fed through an exchanger to provide heating for showers, pools and rooms.

Mike Crowther, operations director at Butlins, explains that the new system is allowing the Butlins resort to provide electricity and heating to the indoor health spa and Splash Waterworld pool complex, while considerably reducing its costs.

"Dalkia's CHP technology has enabled us to lower our energy bills and maintenance costs, whilst continuing to reduce carbon emissions significantly," states Crowther.

"With long-term commitments to energy efficiency and carbon reduction, we required an efficient on-site CHP system that could provide a heating solution to our swimming facilities, which are in constant use throughout the day."

Brian Tinham

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