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TRCA Pearson Eco-Business Zone District Energy Feasibility Study 10 April 2012 © 2012, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. All Rights Reserved. This feasibility study was carried out with assistance from the Green Municipal Fund, a Fund financed by the Government of Canada and administered by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. Notwithstanding this support, the views expressed are the personal views of the authors, and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the Government of Canada accept no responsibility for them.
TRCA Pearson Eco-Business Zone District Energy Feasibility Study 10 April 2012 Executive Summary Overview of District Energy District energy is the distribution of thermal energy using a pipeline distribution system that can deliver heating or cooling to buildings connected to the system. The central thermal plants may use various types of fuel including natural gas, oil or renewable energy, with heat being generated either as a purchased fuel or as waste heat. The economic viability of district energy system relates closely to the energy density of the thermal customers being served, as the system in effect replaces the functions provided by furnaces, air conditioners, boilers and chillers in the individual buildings. Background and Scope of Study One of the priorities identified in the Partners in Project Green Strategy was the development of a District Energy System (DES) in the Pearson Eco-Business Zone - the commercial and industrial area surrounding the Toronto Pearson International Airport. The strategy recommended engaging one or all three of the energy generating facilities around Toronto Pearson to determine the feasibility of them providing heating and/or cooling to a district energy system that could feed local buildings. The three facilities are Greater Toronto Airports Authority’s (GTAA) Central Utilities Plant (CUP) 1 (117 MW), TransAlta Mississauga Cogeneration Plant (108 MW), and the Magellan Aerospace Cogeneration Facility (2.5 MW). Given that the owners or operators of each of these facilities indicated that their plant cannot be relied on to serve as an energy source for the envisioned DES, this feasibility study analyzes a DES business model that is based on construction of a new Energy Centre on a vacant parcel of land on Elmbank Road. It also examines the economic and regulatory conditions that would be necessary to make thermal energy supply from the GTAA’s CUP facility feasible. Specifically, this feasibility study focuses on answering the following two questions: 1. What is the feasibility of developing a district energy system fed by a new central thermal plant to provide heating to buildings within the vicinity of Toronto Pearson? 2. What are the economic and regulatory conditions that could make running GTAA’s Central Heating Plant (CHP) economical as a source to provide heat for a district energy system in the Pearson Eco-Business Zone? Results The results of this feasibility study found that there is potential to develop a district energy system in the vicinity of Toronto Pearson, beginning with 11 potential facilities near Highway 427 and Airport Road. There is significant thermal energy consumption and moderate density from the local hotels that would make up the majority of the customers. However, the major challenge in the area is that it is a retrofit environment which makes attracting customers to the system much more challenging. 1 Consists of boilers and a Central Heating Plant ES-i
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