Olympic Park 2012

The Olympic Delivery authority (ODA) announced that the foundations have now been completed for the energy centre. The idea is that the energy centre is environmentally concious and uses green sources of energy.

The press release from the London 2012 Site says :

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 foundations of the Energy Centre building were completed at the start of the year and work is now nearing completion to erect the steel frame of the building. Over 500 tonnes of steel used will be used in the structure which will be 45m tall at its highest point. Once the steel frame has been completed, 3,500 square metres of concrete ‘planks’ will be lifted into place to form the floors and roof of the Energy Centre.

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. The Energy Centre will then be connected to further venues and buildings when they are completed, delivering an early legacy of essential services throughout the Olympic Park.

Work on the wider utilities infrastructure across the Olympic Park is also making strong progress. The electrical substation structure is taking shape and is due for completion in the summer. Work is also well underway on the pumping station and 1.8km foul sewer networks which are due to be operational by the end of 2009.

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