Pioneering renewables project in Stirling

A Combined Heat and Power (CHP) unit will supply the network with heating using a heat pump system to deliver renewable electricity to power the waste treatment site, with the capacity to expand to residential areas across the city. Combined with technology designed to recover heat from Scottish Water’s wastewater system, it will provide low carbon heat to the network in the form of hot water. Furthermore, the system will store biogas, currently a waste product, for use in the heating network. The initiative makes Stirling Council the first local authority in Scotland to sign a Sustainable Growth Agreement with SEPA, supporting its continuing commitment to environmental protection. 

The project is being delivered by FES Energy and its supply chain partners including isoplus Piping Systems Ltd. The sustainable heating network will consist of 2.5 km of underground district heating pipework and a fibre communication network along the Forthside Way. The installation will also include heat substations to facilitate the district heating connection to existing properties. Initially, the network will distribute heat in the Forthside area to the Peak, Forthbank, St Modan’s High School, the Robertson Trust Barracks Development, Moray House, Jubilee House and potential future developments at Forthside.