Splash Palace, Invercargill Aquatics Centre

Invercargill swimming pool switches from lignite in favour of a cleaner, locally made, renewable energy source.
Description of facility: 

Invercargill City Council put the job out for tender and chose Auckland company Living Energy which installed an Austrian-made Binder boiler. A diesel boiler has also been installed for backup when the wood chip boiler is closed for maintenance. The total cost of the upgrade is estimated to be about $650,000.

The wood chips are sourced locally from Niagara Wood Fuels, Mr Horner said. Although the wood chips were 15% costlier than the lignite, Council would make savings in areas such as supervision and maintenance - and because wood chips did not have an Emissions Trading Scheme cost.

The new 840kW wood chip boiler replaces two 750 kW coal boilers.

Facility type: 
Heat
Application: 
Swimming Pool
Technology type: 
Conventional Combustion
Fuel/Feedstock: 
Wood Fuel
Primary Output: 
Heat
Co-generation: 
No
Address: 
56 Elles Road, Invercargill 9812
Region: 
Lower South Island
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