Working in partnership with Dalkia, a new combined heat and power plant (CHP), was installed. A complete boiler house refurbishment has also been carried out consisting of three new steam raising boiler plant (one of these being linked to the CHP as a waste heat/fired boiler), waste heat pipework and replacement of steam calorifiers in the sites central plant room with new PHE.

The contract provides an upgrade of the 40-year old energy centre and a 15-year CEM contract. The £2.7 million upgrade of the energy centre includes a 1.4MWe CHP and three new boilers delivering heating, hot water and electricity to the hospital.

Lister Hospital’s new combined heat and power plant, has secured the hospital’s electricity, heating and cooling needs for the foreseeable future. The £2.7 million project, which included the clearance of a £1.3 million repairs backlog in the Lister’s heating and hot water systems, brings many immediate benefits.