Mar 19 2019
Sharc International Systems Inc. recently declared that the Company’s UK subsidiary SHARC Energy Systems has been selected to back the development of the new low-temperature District Heating Scheme (“DHS”) in Stirling, Scotland.
This project costs $10.6 million (£6 million) and is being developed between Stirling Council and Scottish Water Horizons. Scottish Water Horizons contracted FES Support Services Ltd as the chief contractor to design and build the heat network and energy center to be stationed on the Stirling Forthside Wastewater Treatment Works.
The new SHARC installation will become the second District Heating Scheme in the whole of the United Kingdom to adopt SHARC Sewage Heat Recovery, with work expected to be complete in spring 2019.
To Design, Build, and Operate (“DBO”) the Sewage Heat Recovery system, SHARC Energy will be working with main contractors FES Support Services Ltd. Besides this, SHARC will also be supporting a currently functioning activity in order to deliver the 4th generation district heating service, designed to function at a 60/40 flow and return temperature in the Forthside area of the town.
The network will provide heating to many public- and private-owned buildings as part of the aim to expand across the city and include homes, thus facilitating the handling of fuel poverty and providing financial savings for businesses.
SHARC Energy’s technology regains heat from the wastewater that businesses and homes pour down the drain daily. This water is reused to produce low-cost, low-carbon, sustainable clean heat that has the potential to displace the use of carbon-intensive natural gas and several other fossil fuels.
This scheme, together with the new 2 MW capacity District Heating Scheme presently being developed by SHARC Energy in the Dalmarnock area of the Clyde Gateway regeneration program, provides additional evidence of the opportunity to use bigger scale heat pumps in order to support the increasing appetite for low-carbon district heating now evolving across the United Kingdom.
UK-based SHARC Energy, a solely owned European arm of Vancouver-based International Wastewater Systems Inc., has adopted Glasgow as its base for expansion all over the United Kingdom and wider European Union, making way for new job opportunities and advancing the development of Scotland’s low carbon economy. The Canadian company has developed a strong pipeline of projects all over the United Kingdom, with rising interest in using the groundbreaking renewable heat technology to enable business savings in costs, energy, and carbon emissions.
The value of the waste water that flows beneath the streets of the world is a vital and largely untapped resource that could support a significant uptake of highly efficient Water Source heat pumps in Urban Centres, where space restrictions limit alternative approaches. By capturing some of the massive energy reserves held in our sewers we can significantly contribute to the circular economy and reduce the carbon emissions & other air pollutants that arise from combustion-based heating. By taking a sub-contract role in the scheme and supporting FES Support Services Ltd. with our specialist services, this project provides us with an opportunity to explore how our business model can be flexed to create more opportunities to deploy our technology and we are hugely excited to work with the Stirling project team to ensure the success of this development.
Russ Burton, Chief Operating Officer, SHARC.
As we start 2019 on a continued growth curve, I am very thrilled about the development of the new Stirling district heating scheme and working with FES and the wider Stirling District Heating Team, reaffirming our commitment from both sides of the pond to Scotland’s low carbon plans. The formation of this strategic relationship that Russell and his team has put together is another step forward for SHARC and is part of our ongoing commitment to carbon emissions reduction with our customers through our technology.
Lynn Mueller, CEO, SHARC.