Provision of a deep geothermal solution
Description: The Countess of Chester Hospital is working to meet its statutory net zero requirements in a number of ways. A partner has already been secured to address energy generation and usage on the site using the Carbon and Energy Fund framework. That partner is addressing energy infrastructure on the site, and included in that requirement is to provide an interface with the successful tenderer from this procurement (Deep Geothermal Solution Reference G1065). The Trust has also won a Public Sector Decarbonisation grant to assist with the geothermal installation. Under this geothermal procurement the Trust is seeking a development partner (The awarded supplier from this procurement) who will design a Salix compliant process to investigate and develop a geothermal supply for the hospital. It is envisaged that the successful (read more...)
Summary: The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is procuring a deep geothermal solution for its hospital site in Chester. The requirement is for a development partner to design a Salix-compliant process for investigating and developing a geothermal heat supply. The work covers the technical development needed to establish whether geothermal energy can heat the hospital, including geological and geophysical investigation, drilling, well testing, well completion, downhole equipment, geotechnical engineering and engineering design. The solution must interface with energy-generation and usage infrastructure being delivered separately through the Carbon and Energy Fund framework. If development succeeds, the arrangement is intended to support a long-term Energy Services Agreement under which the energy services provider owns and maintains the geothermal installation and supplies heat to the hospital.