Cleve Hill Solar Park is the UK's largest solar power station, located on the Graveney marshes near Faversham in Kent.
Liverpool Heating Infrastructure, UOL
An innovate energy centre for the University of Liverpool, that provides 60% of the university's campus power.
Energy - The North, England
- Home
- Our Experience
- Liverpool Heating Infrastructure, UOL
Project Overview
This £15.8 million project created a new CHP energy centre for the University of Liverpool, providing approximately 60% of the University’s campus power requirement.
Located alongside an existing listed building and brick chimney, the works included substantial structural repairs to the retained listed building, and a detailed foundation appraisal due to the new facility being constructed over the top of an existing railway tunnel, requiring a specific assessment of loading on the Victorian sub-structure.
The Challenge
Building a new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) energy centre over a Victorian-era railway tunnel adjacent to a listed building posed major engineering and heritage preservation challenges. The tunnel’s age and delicate sub-structure demanded precise load assessments, while the historic building required structural repairs without compromising its heritage value.
Our Solution
A £15.8 million project was undertaken, delivering an energy centre that now supplies around 60% of the campus’s power. Engineers conducted a detailed foundation appraisal to ensure safe distribution of load over the Victorian tunnel. Simultaneously, substantial structural repairs preserved the listed building and integrated it with the new development, blending modern efficiency with historical context.
Similar Projects
Our transport planning teams provided services for National Grid, on a significant electrical connection project in the South West of England.
Hinkley Point C Connection
A solar farm featuring 43,000 panels generating clean energy for over 10,500 homes. The project includes underground grid connection, biodiversity enhancements, and infrastructure services such as highways, drainage, culverting, and pedestrian improvements.
Barkham Solar Farm, West Berkshire
An innovate energy centre for the University of Liverpool, that provides 60% of the university's campus power.
Liverpool Heating Infrastructure, UOL
This project involved the planning assessment for a new converter station at Chilling in Hampshire to a substation in the Lower Normandy region of France.
Interconnection France - Angleterre 2 (IFA2)
Our transport planning teams secured approval for a five-turbine wind farm near Watford following successfully addressing concerns over abnormal load deliveries through sensitive residential routes.