Organised by:
Southern Wales Regional Group, Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management
Venue:
Trevithick Building, Cardiff University, The Parade, Cardiff, CF243AA
Event status:
EVENT CLOSED
Event Overview:
Time: 5:30pm for 6:00pm
Speakers:
- David Tucker (WDS Green Energy)
- Gareth Farr (British Geological Survey)
Abandoned mine workings within the South Wales Coalfield are often flooded with groundwater that has the potential to be a major energy source for heat pumps. Baseline monitoring of a network of mine water discharges from abandoned mines has been undertaken by the British Geological Survey proving temperatures up to 19˚C at the point of discharge at the surface. Calculations by Cardiff University have shown there is some 65MW’s of heat that could be exploited to meet demands from homes, offices, schools etc across South Wales.
To demonstrate the use of this valuable energy source WDS Green Energy Ltd have constructed a combined domestic and commercial heat pump project at Crynant near Neath utilising water in the underlying old workings of nearby Cwmnant Colliery. This project is the first of its kind in the UK and has been undertaken with technical support from the Seren Project Team at Cardiff University, the Coal Authority and NRW, and as heat pumps are one of the renewable energy systems approved by the UK Government under their carbon saving programme, the client is eligible for Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) payments for 20 years.
The talk will cover the design of heat pumps in general and how the Crynant project was conceived and developed and the benefits being accrued both environmentally and financially.
About the Speakers:
David Tucker is one of the founding directors of WDS Green Energy.With headquarters in Cardiff, WDS Green Energy are Wales’s leading heat pump company with a portfolio of over 450 projects installed using across Wales and England for the domestic, commercial and industrial sectors. They specialise in all aspects of heat pump design and installation and have both air and ground source heat pump schemes on schools, offices, houses, churches, community halls and swimming pools, and all clients enjoy reduced energy bills.
Gareth Farr is a hydrogeologist who has extensive knowledge of the South Wales area, previously working for Environment Agency Wales and since 2013 for the British Geological Survey.
- This talk is hosted with the Chartered Institute of Water and Environment Managers (CIWEM)