Tom Leeming of Tritax Symmetry, Dan Poulson of BasePower and Rob Pitt of Rolls-Royce
BasePower has entered into its first joint enterprise project with Tritax Symmetry to supply clients at the new Symmetry Park Biggleswade development with uninterrupted greener, cheaper power solutions. Located on a greenfield site where the grid is constrained, the new 2MW energy centre will augment the grid with renewable and resilient generation from a number of sources including rooftop solar PV, batteries and a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant.
The announcement is one of several joint projects between BasePower and Tritax Symmetry to provide greater resilience, more competitive energy and a pathway to fully net zero carbon in occupation. The project was specified, designed, procured and built by BasePower who will continue to develop energy systems in line with the evolving needs of the tenants. Principal contractors included the Power Systems division of Rolls-Royce, which installed mtu CHP systems, battery units and standby generators. Powersystems UK were the principle contractor for the high voltage (HV) electrical infrastructure, working end-to-end on the project.
Dan Poulson, co-founder at BasePower said: “The need for the creation of alternative energy resources has never been greater and we are proud to have been selected by Tritax Symmetry for this project in Biggleswade along with multiple energy projects on their other sites. Across our business we currently operate ten energy centres in the UK with a further 20 in development. Through their lifecycles we invest to enhance each site to deliver increasing levels of decarbonisation as client requirements evolve.”
Tom Leeming, development director at Tritax Symmetry continued: “One of the priorities our clients have when deciding on a new location for their business is power. As a responsible developer, we realised the need to supplement and enhance the national grid supply to ensure a continuous, robust and greener alternative power supply for our occupiers. As the energy centre is managed by a separate entity, all maintenance and repairs are delivered cost free with no risk to the occupier. We estimate a saving of between five and ten percent on grid energy bills, and the energy centres are also upgradable if extra power is needed, such as by adding additional PV.”
