Below is a list of typical investments in energy efficiency. The list is non-exhaustive. UKEEP can finance any eligible investments that will decrease energy consumption or increase own production from renewable sources.
On site cogeneration of heat and electricity - Rehabilitation of boilers (enhanced controls, economizers, improved insulation, regenerative burners, automatic blow-down, etc.)
- Replacement of old gas boilers with condensing boilers
- Switch from electricity heating to fuel based direct heating
- Process improvements including enhanced controls
- Rehabilitation of steam distribution systems: installation of steam traps, increased condensate recovery, etc.
- Installation of heat recovery from processes (e.g., installation of economizers for pre-heating purposes, heat recovery for space heating, heat recovery for drying, etc.)
- Installation of absorption chillers
- Installation of new chillers
- Installation of Variable Speed Drives on selected electric motors
- Rehabilitation of compressed air systems (e.g., decentralisation and/or resizing of air compressors, replacement of old air compressors with new efficient ones)
- Rehabilitation of power distribution systems (e.g., replacement of old or oversized transformers, installation of capacitors to reduce reactive power consumption, etc.)
- Implementation of Energy Management Systems or Building Management Systems
Other eligible projects can be related to renewable energy, for example:
- Wind farms
- Run-of-river hydro plants
- Solar water systems generating hot water for processes and/or heating
- Biomass systems generating heat only or heat and electricity
- Gas engines using biogas
- Diesel engines using biodiesel
- Geothermal heat pumps
