Paddington Village Energy Centre

Paddington Village Energy Centre & District Heating Network

Executive Summary

The £1bn Paddington Village project is a 30-acre development in Liverpool City’s Knowledge Quarter which will develop 1.8m square feet of science, technology, education and health space. Vital Energi were initially appointed on a pre-construction services agreement and worked in partnership with the developer, Morgan Sindall, to design an energy solution which would evolve alongside the development’s build out and deliver maximum decarbonisation. Our solution was a ground-floor energy centre which would later have a multi-storey car park built above it. Heat is distributed via a district heating network and electricity via a high voltage private wire network. After developing the energy infrastructure concept, we were appointed to a design, build, operation and maintenance contract to deliver the full energy solution.

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Project Overview

The new energy scheme serves the entire Paddington Village site, with the energy centre sitting on the ground floor of a 14-storey car park which was built later in the process.  The energy centre houses a 1.1MWe / 1.3MWth CHP engine which will provide both heat and electricity.  Morgan Sindall constructed the energy centre and car park, with Vital Energi fitting out the building.

Much of the project was delivered during the Covid-19 pandemic which caused some disruption and required a flexible outlook towards the fit-out works and, crucially, to ensure that our programme fit in with the wider Paddington Village development as seamlessly as possible.

Paddington Village Energy Centre & Heat Network

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