{"id":1680,"date":"2026-04-09T08:40:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2026-04-09T08:40:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:40:53","slug":"mayoral-visit-gives-glimpse-of-bristol-s-low-carbon-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitalenergi.creativespark.co.uk\/?p=1680","title":{"rendered":"Mayoral Visit Gives Glimpse of Bristol\u2019s Low Carbon Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff<\/p>\n<p><meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no\"><meta http-equiv=\"X-UA-Compatible\" content=\"IE=edge\"><meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no\"><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><title>Mayoral Visit Gives Glimpse of Bristol\u2019s Low Carbon Future<\/title><meta name=\"description\" content=\"\"><meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"\"><meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index,follow\"><meta name=\"googlebot\" content=\"index,follow\"><meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\"><meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Mayoral Visit Gives Glimpse of Bristol\u2019s Low Carbon Future\"><meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"\"><meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"website\"><meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/media\/press-releases\/mayoral-visit-gives-glimpse-of-bristol-s-low-carbon-future\/\"><meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mayoral Visit Gives Glimpse of Bristol\u2019s Low Carbon Future\"><meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-case-study rte\">\n<div class=\"wrap rich-text-case-study__wrap\">\n<p>Mayor of Bristol, Marvin Rees and Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan visited the site of the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/media\/press-releases\/work-begins-on-castle-park-water-source-heat-pump-energy-centre\/\" title=\"Work begins on Castle Park Water Source Heat Pump Energy Centre\">Castle Park Water Source Heat Pump project<\/a> which will revolutionise how the city generates low-carbon heat.<\/p>\n<p>The 3MW water source <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vitalenergi.co.uk\/heat-pumps\/\">heat pump<\/a> will be the largest project of its kind in England and will take water from the nearby floating harbour and use it to generate heat and hot water for local businesses and residents.<\/p>\n<p>The heat pump will be housed in an energy centre which will have a mixed-use development built above it.\u00a0 When operational it will contribute low carbon heat to the Bristol Heat Network which already supplies over 1,000 properties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"quote\">\n<div class=\"wrap quote__wrap\">\n<div class=\"swiper-container js-simple-quotes\">\n<div class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"swiper-slide\">\n<div class=\"quote__holder\"><span class=\"quote__icon\"> <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"36\" height=\"28\" viewbox=\"0 0 36 28\"><g fill=\"#F58220\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\"><path d=\"M12.319 0h3.648a2 2 0 0 1 1.838 2.788l-10.286 24A2 2 0 0 1 5.681 28H2.033a2 2 0 0 1-1.838-2.788l10.286-24A2 2 0 0 1 12.319 0zM30.319 0h3.648a2 2 0 0 1 1.838 2.788l-10.286 24A2 2 0 0 1 23.681 28h-3.648a2 2 0 0 1-1.838-2.788l10.286-24A2 2 0 0 1 30.319 0z\"><\/path><\/g><\/svg> <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"quote__holder\">\n<p class=\"quote__text\">This project is an ambitious partnership between Bristol City Council and Goram Homes which will deliver rapid decarbonisation and make a substantial contribution to meeting their carbon reduction targets whilst delivering secure, affordable homes. This is a particularly exciting as large scale water source heat pumps are an underused renewable solution and this will be a fantastic showcase to demonstrate the carbon reductions they can generate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"quote__author\">Scott Lutton, <span class=\"quote__position\"> Operations Director \u2013 North &amp; Scotland <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-case-study rte\">\n<div class=\"wrap rich-text-case-study__wrap\">\n<p>Both mayors toured the site, received a project briefing from Project Director Hugh Thompson and learned more about how the heat pump will take water from the nearby harbour and convert it into useable heat and hot water.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-text-video rte\">\n<div class=\"wrap rich-text-video__wrap\">\n<p>Find out more about the Castle Park project by watching the video below<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wrap rich-text-video__wrap-container\">\n<div class=\"rich-text-video__cover js-play-text-video lazyload\" style=\"background-image:url('\/media\/h2boz3og\/capture.jpg?crop=0.001821462324941956,0.0000000000000001123454001084,0,0&amp;cropmode=percentage&amp;width=1005&amp;height=565&amp;rnd=132735951989700000')\"><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"play-video js-play-rich-text-video\"> <span class=\"font-ico-play\"><\/span> <\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"rich-text-video__cover-video-wrap js-video\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff Mayoral Visit Gives Glimpse of Bristol\u2019s Low Carbon Future Mayor of Bristol, Marvin Rees and Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan visited the site of the new Castle Park Water Source Heat Pump project which will revolutionise how the city generates low-carbon heat. 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