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GDF SUEZ Energy Services acquires Utilicom Group and create the largest district energy company in the UK.

GDF SUEZ Energy Services has announced the acquisition of the Utilicom Group*, following a purchase agreement with the IDEX Group for IDEX Energy UK Limited and its subsidiaries. This strategic investment will create COFELY District Energy Ltd, the UK’s largest district energy company.

COFELY District Energy Ltd, which will form part of COFELY’s existing UK Energy Services business stream, will generate 35 MW of low carbon electricity, operate 245 MW of boiler plant, 74 MW of chilled capacity and manage 50 km of district heating and cooling pipework.

COFELY District Energy Ltd will manage a wide range of projects in the UK, including :

- Southampton District Energy Scheme
- Birmingham District Energy Scheme
- London Olympic Park and Stratford City
- The Whitehall CHP scheme

Read the full press release here

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• 27/07/10 - Coalition sets out energy policy as new analysis points to scale of 2050 challenge (Press release)
• 27/07/10 - Scotland: New jobs potential in renewables
• 27/07/10 - Annual Energy Statement (Oral Statement by Chris Huhne)
• 27/07/10 - Statutory Consultation on the Renewables Obligation Order 2011 (ROO 2011) & Consultation on changes to Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGOs)
• 26/07/10 - Wales: Funding breakthrough for Wales’ first tidal power device
• 25/07/10 - Scotland: Crown Estate
• 16/07/10 - Savings by DECC on Low Carbon Technology Programmes (Press release)
• 15/07/10 - Consultation on draft national policy statements for energy
• 15/07/10 - Huhne makes European push on climate change
• 12/07/10 - Climate Change Minister sets out vision for local energy economies
• 12/07/10 - Microgeneration Strategy consultation
• 07/07/10 - Huhne to overturn ban on councils selling green electricity
• 07/07/10 - Chris Huhne speech at the LGA annual conference
• 07/07/10 - Scotland: Renewable energy joint venture
• 06/07/10 - Anaerobic digestion - Realising the potential
• 06/07/10 - Scotland: Marine energy making a splash
• 05/07/10 - £10 million grants for UK offshore wind technology

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Conference District Energy "Route Map"

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Conference Presentations

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Funding and Drivers

Steve Carr - Head of New Business, Economics and Growth, Homes and Communities Agency - "Projects, Funding and Grants" (pdf)

Enabling the Delivery of Low Carbon Networks

Cllr Matthew Dean - Cabinet Member for Environment & Transport, Southampton City Council - "The role of local authorities in building low carbon energy networks" (pdf)

Simon Woodward - Chief Executive, Utilicom Group Limited - "Delivering low carbon energy networks" (pdf)

John Wood - Partner, Norton Rose - "Legal framework to deliver low carbon energy networks" (pdf)

Fred Mead - Business Council for Sustainable Development UK - "Creating jobs in the low carbon era" (pdf)

Policy and Expansion of Low Carbon Networks

Hergen Haye - Director of Heat Policy, Department of Energy and Climate Change - "Strategy and Policy" (pdf)

Sandy Taylor - Head of Climate Change and Sustainability, Birmingham City Council - "Building Schools for the Future - The Birmingham Experience" (pdf)

Ian Palacio - Commercial Manager, Associated British Ports, Southampton - "Overcoming barriers to energy linking - The ABP Experience" (pdf)

Geoff Fenlon - General Manager, International Convention Centre, Birmingham - "Additional benefits of connecting to a low carbon energy network" (pdf)