Qatar
West Energy Centre provides sustainable cooling services to HMC facilities
May 22, 2023 | 09:58 PM
A team from the Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has visited the West Energy Centre that serves Hamad General Hospital, Surgical Speciality Center and the new Trauma and Emergency building along with the administrative buildings and service facilities of the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC).The West Energy Centre provides the above-mentioned HMC facilities with a current cooling capacity of 12,500 tonnes and a future capacity of 20,000 tonnes.Headed by Jamal Yousef al-Derbasti, director of the District Cooling Services Department, the team included a number of Kahramaa engineers.According to a Kahramaa press statement, the visit was meant to see the extent of the commitment of the operating system in the centre to implement the instructions of the district cooling code and key performance indicators, and monitor its achievement of cooling specifications and standards approved by the administration during design and construction phases.Kahramaa said HMC has adopted the district cooling system, with a high level of reliability and a long life span of the district cooling plant as well as providing benefits such as cost and effectiveness, QNA reports.HMC has replaced traditional cooling devices with a more sustainable and efficient cooling system characterised by a high level of reliability and long life span of the district cooling plant. The new system combines cost savings and effectiveness.The West Energy Centre, designed and constructed according to the latest technologies available in the field of district cooling, began operating in 2022 to distribute chilled water to the HMC buildings. In addition to the district cooling plant, the West Energy Centre includes two electrical stations, three floors of car parking and the blood donation centre of HMC.Kahramaa encourages the development and use of the cooling system for areas on a large scale throughout the country, especially in new development and urban projects.It reduces the cost of energy and infrastructure while enhancing consumption efficiency and the water security of Qatar through the use of water sources by using treated wastewater and seawater, as well as reducing carbon dioxide emissions by reducing consumption rates of natural gas needed to produce electricity while helping to preserve the environment and reduce noise pollution.
May 22, 2023 | 09:58 PM