CHPA Creative Retailing

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CHPACreative Retailing
Julius Brinkworth Group Environmental Manager
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Energy Output

• Electricity
• 1.4TWh

• Gas
• 0.2TWh

Total CO2 energy output 660,000 tonnes Data for
Sainsburys Supermarkets trading stores only
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Energy Management Summary

• Targets
• Reduce CO2/m2 by 10 (from a baseline of
  1997/98) by March 2005
• CHP
• Renewables - Wind
• Energy Efficiency

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Renewables Policy

• Sainsburys will endeavour to install on-site
  renewable technologies / CHP where financially
  viable
• Projects
• 7 on-site CHP units
• East Kilbride 600kW wind turbine
• Greenwich - solar and wind studies

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Sainsburys CHP SupplierInstalled UK base
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Flagship CHP Site
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CHP Summary

• Units sized to allow almost all of the heat
  output to be used for store heating and hot water
• Units generally 410kW output
• In Brighton, a large CHP is planned for a mixed
  use Supermarket site estimated CO2 saving on
  project is 24,651 tonnes

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Retail Issues

• Small in store footprint of equipment
• Noise constraints have limited installation
  possibilities
• System reliability extremely high
• New store programme provides a regular
  opportunity to consider CHP

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CHP Benefits

• Financial benefits
• Reduced carbon dioxide output
• Increased electrical standby generation
• Qualification of high quality CHP reduced
  Climate Change Levy taxation
• Public relations benefits
• CHP templates may be used for future upgrades to
  fuel cells (10 years)

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Future Issues

• The high cost of gas against electricity price
  reduces the viability of future installs
• Energy efficiency technology grants and pilot
  studies
• Energy White Paper findings
• Climate Change Levy changes
• Any new environmental energy taxes
• DEFRA partnership agreements