Yunyan district carries out energy revolution

In Yunyan district's Weilai Fangzhou Area, an energy revolution is changing the life of 20,000 households.

A comprehensive energy project covering the entirety of Welai Fangzhou area is the first large-scale green, energy-saving and emission-reducing community in Southwest China. It integrates various forms of energy such as river water source heat pumps, sewage source heat pumps, air source heat pumps, and gas to build a multi-energy complementary and interconnected intelligent energy network.

The control room of the energy station. [Photo/Guiyang news network]

The Nanming River is the most important part of this system, and it is also an essential consideration factor for the future location of the project. According to Song Ai, a representative of the China Energy Conservation Investment Co (Guizhou) Building Energy Co, said that the Weilai Fangzhou is located on the banks of the Nanming River, with favorable conditions for shallow thermal energy resources in river water and urban sewage, which can serve as a cold and heat source for the energy supply system.

Once completed, the centralized energy supply system will be able to reduce standard coal consumption by 45,600 metric tons and carbon dioxide emissions by about 114,000 tons per year compared with traditional heating methods

The project has won multiple awards, including "National Renewable Energy Heating Typical Case", "Renewable Energy Building Application Demonstration Project" in Guizhou province, and "Science and Technology Innovation Demonstration Project" in Guiyang, helping the Weilai Fangzhou community become one of the first national green ecological demonstration urban areas.

The Weilai Fangzhou community. [Photo/Guiyang news network]

The centralized energy supply area of Weilai Fangzhou covers 3 million square meters, serving 20,000 households. With the increase in occupancy rates, the system is constantly being optimized and upgraded. Song said that they are developing smarter energy scheduling algorithms and planning to integrate more renewable energy sources.