Green heating scheme to help Cardiff’s net zero

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Cardiff Council has had a focus on going net zero, and their latest plans are a step in that direction. Previously wasted heat from an energy recovery site is now being used to heat buildings miles away, which is said to save thousands of tons of carbon.

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00:00Cardiff's new low carbon heat network is now up and running and is already supplying

00:06its first building.

00:07Cardiff and Vale College has become the network's debut customer, with the Senedd, Wales Millennium

00:11Centre and other major sites across Cardiff Bay set to be connected in the coming weeks.

00:17The idea behind the heat network is simple.

00:19Take steam already being produced at Virida's Trident Park energy recovery plant and put

00:23it to some good use.

00:25Instead of being wasted, the heat travels through highly insulated pipes beneath the

00:28city, providing buildings with low carbon heating and hot water.

00:33Cardiff Council says this is a major milestone in cutting the city's emissions.

00:36By switching from gas boilers to the heat network, connected buildings can reduce their carbon

00:40footprint by as much as 80%.

00:43Councillor Dan Dayath calls it a key step towards greener, fairer and more sustainable city.

00:48But this is just phase one.

00:50Once fully expanded, the network is expected to save over 10,000 tonnes of carbon a year,

00:55the same as heating nearly 4,000 homes using gas.

00:58People are already in talks with more potential customers and exploring funding options for

01:01a second phase that could stretch the system into the city centre.

01:06Virida says the scheme boosts the overall energy efficiency of the recovery facility, while

01:11national governments describe it as a clear example of clean energy working in practice.

01:15Cardiff of Vale College, the first building to connect, says joining the network is a big

01:19step in reducing its own emissions.

01:21Importantly, the system has been designed so it can adapt in the future.

01:25Although it currently uses heat from Trident Park, it can switch to other sources, including

01:29groundwater or deep geothermal heat, as Cardiff moves further along its net zero path.

01:34For now, the rollout continues across Cardiff Bay, making the start of a new chapter in the

01:39city's approach to sustainable heating.

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