Olympic Park Energy Centre Takes Shape

13 February 2009--New images and footage release by the ODA today show that work is powering ahead on a state-of-the-art Energy Centre for the Olympic Park. The Energy Centre will provide an efficient power, heating and cooling system across the Olympic Park site for the Games and for the new buildings and communities that will develop after 2012.

ODA Director of Infrastructure and Utilities Simon Wright said:

“We are building for Games and legacy together from the very beginning and the strong progress we are making on the Energy Centre gives us a first glimpse of the essential new infrastructure that will serve the Olympic Park for generations to come.

“We are also making good progress on the wider utilities networks we are building which will complete the ‘wiring’ of the Olympic Park and will leave a backbone of new facilities essential for a lasting legacy.”

The Energy Centre will include biomass fired boilers using sustainable biomass fuels to generate heat, and a Combined Cooling Heat & Power (CCHP) plant to capture the heat generated by electricity production. This contributes significantly to ODA’s overall target to reduce carbon emissions by 50 per cent across the Olympic Park. The site-wide heat network will generate domestic hot water and heat the Aquatics Centre swimming pools and other venues and buildings. The Energy Centre design is flexible to allow future technologies to be incorporated as they are developed in years to come.

The Energy Centre is due for completion by the end of 2009 and is expected to become operational from early 2010 when it will begin providing heated water to the Olympic Stadium.

1. Images and footage of the Energy Centre construction works and designs can be downloaded at http://mm.gettyimages.com/mm/nicePath/locog?nav=pr121373337

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