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Green light for Elephant Park Energy Hub

Lendlease has secured planning permission for a new Energy Hub, including a combined heat and power plant, that will deliver zero-carbon heat and hot water services to businesses and residents across Elephant Park.

The property and infrastructure group also announced a new partnership with E.ON as the long-term energy provider across the regeneration project.

Under the new agreement, Lendlease and E.ON will deliver the combined heat and power plant to generate and supply net zero-carbon heat and hot water to almost 3,000 new homes, as well as shops, offices, community and leisure spaces across Elephant Park, with the potential to deliver to at least a further 1,000 homes neighbouring the regeneration.

Designed by Duggan Morris Architects and Gillespie’s Landscape Architects, this latest phase of Elephant Park will also deliver a new community heart for Elephant & Castle, incorporating a complementary mix of uses, unique for a building of this kind.

Rob Heasman, Lendlease’s Project Director for Elephant & Castle, said: “The Energy Hub is a key element of our ambition to create Central London’s greenest new place to live, which includes our aspiration to make Elephant Park climate positive by 2025.

“Together with the planning success, the new long-term partnership with E.ON is a big step in the delivery of those ambitions. Ultimately, it will be residents and businesses in and around Elephant Park who will be the biggest beneficiaries of our sustainable ambitions, from improved air quality to increased energy efficiency, and we believe our level of commitment in this area is what will ultimately make the regeneration a resounding success.

Jeremy Bungey, Head of Community Energy at E.ON, said: “Elephant Park is a redevelopment project that’s not only changing the London skyline but is doing so with energy efficiency built into its very foundations.

“By using renewable biomethane as a carbon offset for our on-site energy centre and district heating network we’ll be able to deliver affordable, reliable and net zero-carbon heating to customers for years to come.”

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