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Originally Posted by SeeGeeWhy
Is anyone privy to the climate change considerations? The ice plant and heating would be big energy consumers. Slapping some PV on the roof isn’t going to cut it. Why not tie in utility steam to the Enmax plant, use local company Clean O2 to capture carbon from gas fired boilers and look at piloting their new system that will be able to couple to gas fired cogen units to supply electricity to the refrigeration?
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Global News had a piece on how there were 70+ conditions as part of it's approval by Planning Commission. I decided to take a look at the full list to see what else might have not been fully costed in the latest $634M estimate of total cost. Here's a
link to the Conditions of Approval
Item 54 relates to mandatory district energy:
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As described in the Calgary Event Centre Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Assessment (October 15, 2021), connection to the Neighbourhood District Energy Network was found to deliver an improvement in energy source consumption, reductions in GHG emissions, and annual cost savings. As the Report further identified this as the preferred option, the facility shall receive thermal energy for space heating from the neighbourhood district energy facility as is proposed, to the satisfaction of the Development Authority.
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I'm not a mechanical engineer - but I would guess that district energy as a heating source for an arena is probably more expensive upfront than traditional methods. So I wonder if this is part of the ~$4M in "climate change" costs currently cited..... It seems cheap, so I'd guess - no? Leaving us back to the fundamental problem of i) is it in the $634M and if not ii) who pays for it?