作为一项价值6400万英镑的项目，英格兰诺丁汉的诺丁汉大学医院（NottinghamUniversity Hospitals NHS Trust，NUH）将安装一个新的能源中心，其中包括四台高效热泵，从地下获取热能，以提高女王医学中心的能源效率。

拟议中的地热供暖和制冷系统将利用64个钻孔，深度达到250米，从中获取能源。此前已宣布，这个节能方案还将涉及更换医院自女王医学中心建成以来一直使用的单层玻璃窗。该项目的资金来自英国能源安全与零排放部门发起的第三阶段公共部门脱碳计划。

新的能源中心将由欧洲公用事业公司E.ON建造和运营。该公司在欧洲有几个正在进行的地热项目，尤其是在德国和丹麦。

根据NUH的说法，该项目最初将使医院的碳排放量减少30%，随着医院燃气供暖系统的最终停用，这一比例将增加到43%。

NUH是越来越多转向地热能源的英国国民保健服务（NHS）设施之一。几个月前，威尔特郡索尔兹伯里区医院（SalisburyDistrict Hospital NHS Trust）与GT Energy合作，开发和运营地热供热厂，以满足医院的全部供热需求。

来源：BBC

Anew energy centre with four high-efficiency heat pumps drawing heat from the subsurface will be installed in the NottinghamUniversity Hospitals NHS Trust(NUH) in Nottingham, England as part of a £64-million project to upgrade the energy efficiency of the Queen’s Medical Centre.

Theproposed geothermal heating and cooling system will harness energy from a 64 boreholes drilled to up to 250 meters depth. It had also been earlier announced that the energy-saving scheme will involved the replacement of the hospital’s single-glazed windows which had been in place since when the Queen’s Medical Centre was built. Funding for the project comes from Phase 3 of the Public Sector Decarbonization Scheme initiated by the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero.

Thenew energy centre will be built and  operated by European utility firm E.ON.The firm has several ongoing geothermal projects across Europe, notably in Germanyand Denmark.

Accordingto the NUH, the project will reduce the carbon emissions of the hospital by 30% initially, and that this would increase to 43% with the eventual decommissioning of the hospital’s gas-fired heating system.

TheNUH is one of a growing list of NHS facilities that are transitioning to geothermal energy. A few months ago, the Salisbury District Hospital NHS Trust in Wiltshire engaged GT Energy todevelop and operate a geothermal heat plantto fulfill the full heat requirements of the hospital.

Source:BBC