Low Carbon Infrastructure Transition Programme: capital projects - March 2024

Queens Quay and Clydebank District Heating Network

Project Organisation:

West Dunbartonshire Council

Technology type(s):

Two 2.65MW water source heat pumps, District Heating Network (DHN)

Location:

Queens Quay by the River Clyde, on the site of the former John Brown Shipyard, Clydebank

Grant value:

£6.1 million

Completion date:

October 2021

Project description:

The project constructed an energy centre housing two 2.65MW water source heat pumps which extract heat from the adjacent River Clyde basin. It also houses a gas-fired backup boiler to provide additional peak demand when required. Initial carbon savings from the project are approximately 409 tCO₂e in the first year but this is expected to increase to as much as 5705 tCO₂e by 2040 when more connections are added and the grid decarbonises. The project provides socioeconomic benefits for 1000+ new and existing homes (social and private housing), local businesses, new amenities such as the £14 million care home, £19 million health centre, Clydebank Town Hall & Library and the planned connection of the Golden Jubilee Hospital.