Work Starts on New Low- Carbon U.K. Community

摘要

After 10 years of planning, ground was broken June 29 for Phase One of Cranbrook, a new low-carbon community in East Devon, U.K. This first development phase will include construction of 1,120 homes, a new school, community facilities, a railway station and a biomass combined heat and power system that will be able to supply electricity and heat for the first 2,900 homes in the community. The system, which will burn locally sourced sustainable wood fuel, will be the first biomass CHP system in the country to serve a large-scale private residential development. It is expected to eliminate 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year.