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| 1ST - 7TH FEBRUARY 2019 | UTILITY WEEK
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Using heat pump technology, the
River Clyde in Scotland will be tapped
to provide heat for homes and other
buildings in the town of Clydebank,
just west of Glasgow.
Billed as Scotland's first large-scale
water-source heat pump scheme, the
£15 million project will see a 5MW
district heating network established as
part of the £250 million Queen's Quay
regeneration.
Developed by Vital Energi, the
scheme will involve two heat pumps
at Queen's Quay running refrigerant
fluid in heat exchanger coils through
water pumped from the river.
The refrigerant fluid will absorb
this heat and produce gas, which,
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