Eneco plans sustainable heating and cooling system for 8k Dutch homes
Municipality of Amsterdam and Eneco have signed an agreement for the construction of a sustainable heating and cooling project for new homes in the Netherlands. Touted by Eneco as one of the largest projects of its kind, the system will heat and cool 8,000 houses in the Netherlands.
The system will be built on Amsterdam’s Strandeiland. The development of this newest island in the IJburg district involves creating an energy-neutral residential environment in which the sustainable heating and cooling system will be key.
Eneco, producer and supplier of natural gas, electricity and heat in the Netherlands, will extract heat from the surface water of the IJmeer lake, after which it will be upgraded to heat suitable for the heat network or stored in underground wells.
Future residents and users will be able to rely on a sustainable system for comfortable temperature control of their buildings.
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According to Eneco, sustainability and customer satisfaction, for both the project developer and future residents, are important criteria in the development of the heat network. Eneco has further stated how these criteria are met through the agreement to supply heat and cooling to residents and commercial and community facilities for 30 years.
Work will start in 2023 so that the first residents of Strandeiland will be able to use the new heating and cooling system in 2025.
The system on Strandeiland is hoped will make a significant contribution to Amsterdam’s ambition to become a natural gas-free city by 2040.
In Amsterdam, several similar heat facilities are already in use, for example on the adjacent Centrumeiland and supplying the offices in the Zuidas district.
The thermal energy storage facility on Strandeiland, according to Eneco, will soon be one of the largest sustainable heat systems in the Netherlands supplying 8,000 houses, 40% of which will be social housing and 120,000m2 of facilities such as schools, shops and restaurants.
The houses are being built with sustainable materials. Solar panels on the houses will generate as much energy as the residents need and Eneco states their ambition to make Strandeiland energy-positive; ensuring it produces more energy than it consumes.
