<p>Vattenfall and Ameresco, a leading American energy services company, have been selected as partners in the Bristol City Leap project, a 20-year concession to decarbonise the city and attract GBP 1 billion (approx. EUR 1.2 billion) of investment.</p><p>The City Leap program is designed to enable Bristol to experience lower energy costs, cleaner air, improved energy infrastructure and a boost to the local economy through the city-wide decarbonisation effort. The project will span the 34 ward areas that make up the City of Bristol. Services will address all sectors of the built environment, including public sector facilities like hospitals, universities, and schools, as well as industrial, commercial and residential buildings throughout the Bristol community.</p><p>In partnership with Vattenfall, Ameresco will work with energy groups, city stakeholders and local Bristol businesses to install a full range of technologies aimed at optimising city-wide electrical infrastructure. Over the first five years of the partnership, the project is expected to deliver GBP 424 million in low-carbon energy infrastructure across heat networks, renewable energy, heat pumps, energy efficiency and electric vehicle charging, 140,000 tonnes of carbon savings, and 182 MW of zero-carbon energy generation.</p><p>The 20-year concession will see Vattenfall Heat UK acquire existing heat network assets already built by Bristol City Council and build new networks which will serve the equivalent of around 90,000 homes in the city. In the first five years, Vattenfall expects to invest over GBP 200 million in the heat networks, providing enough heat for the equivalent of 25,000 homes and serving domestic and non-domestic customers in new and existing buildings.</p>
<p>Vattenfall and Ameresco, a leading American energy services company, have been selected as partners in the Bristol City Leap project, a 20-year concession to decarbonise the city and attract GBP 1 billion (approx. EUR 1.2 billion) of investment.</p><p>The City Leap program is designed to enable Bristol to experience lower energy costs, cleaner air, improved energy infrastructure and a boost to the local economy through the city-wide decarbonisation effort. The project will span the 34 ward areas that make up the City of Bristol. Services will address all sectors of the built environment, including public sector facilities like hospitals, universities, and schools, as well as industrial, commercial and residential buildings throughout the Bristol community.</p><p>In partnership with Vattenfall, Ameresco will work with energy groups, city stakeholders and local Bristol businesses to install a full range of technologies aimed at optimising city-wide electrical infrastructure. Over the first five years of the partnership, the project is expected to deliver GBP 424 million in low-carbon energy infrastructure across heat networks, renewable energy, heat pumps, energy efficiency and electric vehicle charging, 140,000 tonnes of carbon savings, and 182 MW of zero-carbon energy generation.</p><p>The 20-year concession will see Vattenfall Heat UK acquire existing heat network assets already built by Bristol City Council and build new networks which will serve the equivalent of around 90,000 homes in the city. In the first five years, Vattenfall expects to invest over GBP 200 million in the heat networks, providing enough heat for the equivalent of 25,000 homes and serving domestic and non-domestic customers in new and existing buildings.</p>
