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Engineers developing the HS2 hub at Old Oak Common in North West London are proposing plans to tap heat from trains to heat up to 500 new homes<\/h2>\n

The proposed scheme would see 5 air source heat pumps draw warm air from the railway\u2019s tunnels, where the waste heat from trains is usually extracted by traditional ventilation systems and seeps into the ground surrounding the tunnels.<\/p>\n

Instead, HS2\u2019s plans would see waste heat fed into a local District Heating System<\/a>. The new HS2 station at Old Oak Common<\/a> is set to help kick-start the UK\u2019s largest regeneration project, which aims to transform the former railway and industrial area, into a new neighbourhood supporting up to 65,000 jobs and 25,500 new homes.<\/p>\n

HS2 innovation manager, Pablo Garc\u00eda, said: \u201cHS2 is so much more than a railway. By taking a long term view of how the benefits of investing in the new high speed railway can be shared, we\u2019re investigating how to provide sustainable, low-carbon heating and hot water to up to 500 new homes.<\/p>\n

\u201cNear Old Oak Common we\u2019re building a crossover box. This is an underground hall that houses a points junction to enable trains to arrive and depart from any of the station\u2019s platforms.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur plans would see warm air pushed into the crossover box by trains, in effect acting like pistons. It then rises to be harnessed by air source heat pumps, converted into hot water and transported to homes by insulated pipes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Based on current energy price forecasts, HS2 estimates that the investment in waste heat recycling system would pay for itself after just 4 years.<\/p>\n

Compared to gas boilers being used in the homes, recycling heat generated by trains\u2019 engines and brakes could reduce the carbon footprint<\/a> of 500 houses by more than a fifth (22%).<\/p>\n

As the project progresses HS2 will work with local partners to make this aspiration a reality.<\/p>\n

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