Electrastar Ltd have been appointed the preferred cabling contractor for a new state of the art incinerator plant which has been built in Sheffield. Onyx's award winning district energy network provides heat and hot water to many of Sheffield's landmark buildings. Leisure Centres, homes, university buildings, shops and offices in the city all utilise the green energy network to provide an environmentally friendly heat source.

Electrastar are currently in the process of installing a new structured cabling, Fibre Optic and Voice infrastructure for the new site, which includes 350 Cat5e Data Outlets. Electrastar are pleased to be working on such an environmentally friendly project. Here are some interesting points of the existing system. The new system will of course supersede the existing site making it even more efficient than it is now.

District Heating in Sheffield

• The Energy from the Waste plant in the city currently utilises 115,000 tonnes of waste to produce 36MW of thermal energy and up to 6.8MW electrical energy.
• Sheffield's district energy network is one of the largest and most successful in the UK. It was established in 1988 and is still expanding

Energy Delivered & Benefits Received

• Over 2,800 dwellings have benefitted from district heating in the Sheffield area.
• In 2000 nearly 120,000 MWh of heat were delivered to buildings in Sheffield City Centre and the surrounding areas.
• For every 100,000MWh of energy supplied by district energy 31,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide is displaced.
• For every 100,000MWh of useful energy delivered 154,000MWh of fossil fuel energy is displaced.

Sheffield's Extensive Network

• There are 43km of pipeline installed to deliver heat to buildings in Sheffield across 2 networks.
• There are currently the following linked to the current system including Universities, Health facilities, Shops, Offices, Homes and Leisure facilities.