2012 London Olympics
– The Olympic Park Energy Centre
John McAslan & Partners
For Olympic Delivery Authority - ODA
Text/Image 18 Feb 2008
London Energy Centre image from Olympic Delivery Authority
Sustainable energy at heart of Olympic Park power plans
The latest designs for the Olympic Park Energy Centre have been unveiled
by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA). Sustainable energy and green
fuels are at the forefront of the plans to power the Olympic Park during
the London 2012 Games and in legacy.
The Energy Centre will be built in the west of the Olympic Park, providing
an efficient power, heating and cooling system across the site for the
Games and for the new buildings and communities that will develop after
2012. A planning application for the energy centre will be submitted in
March and the latest designs have now been released as part of public
consultation to allow local residents to have the opportunity to comment
on the energy centre plans.
The energy centre will use innovative technologies to support the ODA’s
commitment to utilising renewable energy technology and providing efficient
energy systems in the Olympic Park. It will include biomass boilers using
sustainable biomass fuels (woodchip) and gas to generate heat, and a Combined
Cooling Heat and Power (CCHP) plant to capture the heat generated by electricity
production. The site-wide heat network will be used to generate domestic
hot water and to heat the Aquatics Centre swimming pools and other venues
and buildings.
ODA Director of Infrastructure and Utilities, Simon Wright, said:
“The Energy Centre will be at the heart of the new utilities networks
in the Olympic Park, powering the site during the Games and providing
energy to local communities in legacy. Sustainability runs right through
this project and our energy centre plans will ensure the Games deliver
the lasting legacy of a sustainable energy supply for this part of east
London.
“By releasing details of the Energy Centre now we are giving local
residents chance to comment on the latest plans for this essential infrastructure
which will help fuel the lasting regeneration of the area for many years
to come.”
The energy centre is due to be built by preferred bidder SUEZ Group, through
its subsidiary Elyo, and is being designed by John McAslan Architects.
Part of the utilities infrastructure will be housed within an existing
Victorian building at Kings Yard in the west of the Olympic Park which
will be retained and renovated. Construction work on the new Energy Centre
building will begin in the summer to coincide with the start of work on
the main venues in the Olympic Park, allowing the utilities connections
to be fitted into the building foundations at the start of construction.
The Energy Centre design is sustainable and flexible to allow future technologies
to be used within the centre as they are developed in years to come.
The Energy Centre will be joined by a primary electrical substation in
the west of the Olympic Park to form the heart of the new utilities networks
that are being built across the area.
Olympic Park Energy
Centre : 2012 Olympics page
A planning application for the Energy Centre will be submitted in March.
A second Energy Centre will also be built within the Stratford City development.
It will be subject to a separate planning application.
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