WOBO welcomes development and use of “green gas”.

Iona Capital has agreed a landmark deal with King’s Cross in London which will see the 67-acre estate switch entirely to green gas, meaning that all the heating and hot water for the estate’s 2,000 homes, 5 million square ft of offices, retail and dining space will be powered by green gas.

By switching its gas supply to green gas, King’s Cross will reduce its carbon footprint by around 50 percent and save 20,000 tonnes of CO2 per annum from being released into the atmosphere, equivalent to the average annual carbon emissions of around 2,000 Londoners.

The deal, which has been facilitated and managed by Optimised Energy, will see an Iona Capital owned plant in Scotland supply 40,000 MWh of green gas each year to King’s Cross. The plant generates green gas from an anaerobic digestion, where farm animal slurries and residues are broken down to produce clean energy.

King’s Cross will use the green gas to supply its on-site energy centre, operated by Metropolitan, specialists in low carbon district heating systems. The energy centre efficiently generates heating and hot water for the whole of King’s Cross using large boilers and by capturing the heat generated by the Combined Heat & Power engines which provide renewable electricity for the estate. Metropolitan Kings Cross distributes heating, hot water and electricity to its occupiers and businesses using its estate-wide district energy network.

Green gas currently represents less than 1 percent of the UK gas market. The King’s Cross deal will support Iona Capital’s anaerobic digestor facility to expand its operations and enable further investment in the future of renewable energy.

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