Kendall 35 megawatt heat pump to be installed in Cambridge

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Article in Financial Times today.

At 35 megawatts, this heat pump will be the world's largest (according to FT.)

A blurb from Vicinity, the Kendall station operator

Our power boiler #1 has been decommissioned and will be removed to make way for the industrial-scale heat pump complex we’re installing in collaboration with MAN Energy Solutions, a Germany-based energy equipment provider.

The heat pump complex is anticipated to be operational by 2028 and will be one of the largest of its kind in the U.S. The heat pump will lift energy from the Charles River and use it to preheat water for the new electric boilers, improving the overall efficiency of the system.

An additional stage of heat pumps can be used to directly generate steam for export to customers. These large-scale, high-lift heat pumps can accomplish higher efficiencies than commercial heat pumps but require the use of refrigerants that are not suitable for individual buildings.

FT article stated that the heat pump will provide 50 metric tons of steam an hour and serve more than 70 million square feet of building space in Cambridge and Boston.

https://www.ft.com/content/914ae402-e621-48bd-b161-c85379a03e0f

Link to the FT article, which will be behind a paywall. I came across it on Google News and was able to access it that way.
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[Stlin]

Article in Financial Times today.

At 35 megawatts, this heat pump will be the world's largest (according to FT.)

A blurb from Vicinity, the Kendall station operator


FT article stated that the heat pump will provide 50 metric tons of steam an hour and serve more than 70 million square feet of building space in Cambridge and Boston.

https://www.ft.com/content/914ae402-e621-48bd-b161-c85379a03e0f

Link to the FT article, which will be behind a paywall. I came across it on Google News and was able to access it that way.
.

The below press releases contain substantially the same information; the piece I'm following most closely is how it'll impact the charles. They claim that this will circulate 24-49 million gallons daily - thats a lot of water that will be returned to the Charles colder than it was. I realise this is the opposite problem usually faced with power plant water loops (usually used for steam and cooling which returns warm water) but I'm still very curious.

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Find out more about how Vicinity Energy will be utilizing our heat pumps at the Vicinity Energy district energy system in Kendall Square, MA.

www.vicinityenergy.us

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