Case Study
Case Study:
Newcastle United Football Club
Newcastle United installs CHP to score as green
energy ‘world champion’
Newcastle United Football Club is improving its
score as a green energy ‘world champion’ after
installing a combined heat and power (CHP)
technology at its St James’ Park Stadium.
to provide an additional management level
and monitor the system’s performance 24/7 to
maximise the run rate, which is a win - win for
all parties.
In 2012, Newcastle became the world’s
first football club to be ‘carbon positive’ by
offsetting more carbon than it emits, and was
awarded the prestigious Carbon Trust Standard.
Due to electrical grid network constraints,
ENER-G was required to de-rate the 230kWh
CHP engine it had sized to 185kWh capacity
in order to achieve a 200kVa load threshold.
There were also spacing constraints within
the existing plant room, which is eight storeys
within the fabric of the actual stadium. To
account for this, ENER-G delivered the CHP
system in three sections and rebuilt on site.
By generating its own low carbon supply of
power and heat using an ENER-G CHP system,
the club is now reducing its carbon dioxide
emissions by a further 390 tonnes per year.
This equates to the environmental benefit of
removing 130 cars from the road, or the carbon
that would be offset by 320 acres of forest,
which would cover the area of approximately
160 football pitches.
ENER-G got involved with the CHP project
via Newcastle United’s energy management
consultancy Energy Impact Ltd, who continue
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The technology has been supplied on a pay-asyou-save basis via ENER-G’s Discount Energy
Purchase scheme. With no capital outlay for
equipment or installation, and no operational
costs for ongoing aftercare of the CHP system,
Newcastle United is making both cost and
carbon savings.
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Case Study
Case Study:
Newcastle United Football Club
The benefits of cogeneration:
• Offers financial savings over conventional energy supply
• Primary energy savings deliver lower energy bills
• Higher efficiency offers reduced greenhouse gas
emissions offsetting the carbon impact
• Greater security of supply and plentiful hot water
• Addition of chillers can provide efficient cooling
• Flexible procurement options
• Zero CAPEX required
• Potential Government funding for energy efficient
schemes
• Possible grant funding
Under the 12-year agreement,
the CHP system is funded via
a metered energy charge that
is guaranteed to be lower than
previous electricity purchase
costs, while the plentiful supply
of heat is free.
Newcastle United began its
environmental management
programme nine years ago
with support from specialists
Energy Impact Ltd. Since then
it has achieved hundreds
of thousands of pounds of
cost savings and shrunk its
carbon footprint to below
zero by adopting a raft of
efficiency measures. This
includes: boiler optimisation,
burner management, lighting
upgrades, bore holes for
natural pitch irrigation,
smart building and energy
monitoring and controls, and
behavioural changes among
the operational staff.
Facilities Manager at Newcastle
United, Eddie Rutherford, said:
“The less energy we use, the
less carbon we emit and the
less impact we have on the
environment, both locally and
globally. Our partnership with
Energy Impact Ltd and ENER-G
to introduce a high efficiency
CHP system is another
major step in our mission to
achieve outstanding green
performance.”
Paul Webb, Managing
Director of Energy Impact
Ltd, said: “Having worked
with Newcastle United on its
energy efficiency programme
for a number of years, the
next step was to move to
onsite generation via CHP.
We continuously monitor
the ENER-G CHP system we
specified to ensure that it is
operating at peak performance
and availability, to achieve
further carbon and cost savings
for the football club. We also
carefully manage Newcastle’s
energy contracts and have
forward purchased the gas,
which will power the CHP
at a very low rate to again
optimise the performance of
the project.”
Ian Hopkins, Sales Director
for ENER-G, said: “Newcastle
United’s move to onsite
generation with CHP is
the latest success story
in the club’s impressive
green energy progress. The
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club is demonstrating that
environmental leadership also
makes good financial sense
by reducing its energy bills
at the same time as shrinking
its carbon footprint. Best of
all, the Club has installed the
cogeneration system without
any capital cost and is able
to enjoy immediate savings,
without any upfront expense.”
About ENER-G
Established in Salford, Greater
Manchester in the 1980s,
ENER-G delivers sustainable
energy solutions and
technologies on a business-tobusiness basis worldwide.
For further details contact us:
ENER-G Combined Power Limited
Edison House
2 Daniel Adamson Road
Manchester
M50 1DT
United Kingdom
T: +44 (0) 161 745 7450
E: [email protected]
W: www.energ.co.uk/chp
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