A powerful district energy solution to decarbonize cities

Our advanced district energy solutions for heating, cooling, sterilization, and humidification provide building owners, developers, and cities with optionality in fuel source, avoidance of capital, and risk mitigation, allowing them to decarbonize at their pace while never compromising safety and reliability.

Learn more about how Vicinity Energy is decarbonizing its systems through clean energy technologies today. 

Boston and Cambridge district energy system

260 buildings served in Boston and Cambridge
71 million square feet of commercial space served
Industries served: Universities, life science, hospitals, commercial real estate, and municipal
Existing infrastructure in place: 29-miles of robust underground piping infrastructure, New England’s largest (200MW) CHP base load plant at Kendall Station in Cambridge
Sustainable advantages: Importing renewable electricity with a direct connection to the high-voltage electric grid, leveraging the Charles River as an untapped renewable energy source, and delivering carbon-free eSteam™ to decarbonize the building sector

Philadelphia district energy system

400 buildings served in Philadelphia 
96 million square feet of commercial space served
Industries served: Universities, life sciences, hospitals, commercial real estate, and municipal
Existing infrastructure in place: 41-miles of robust underground piping infrastructure, Pennsylvania’s largest (170MW) base load CHP is located in Philadelphia, and green infrastructure investments since 1998 to improve safety and reliability and reduce carbon emissions and other GHGs
Sustainable advantages: Importing renewable electricity with a direct connection to the high-voltage electric grid, and leveraging the Schuylkill River as a heat pump energy source

Baltimore district energy system

122 years of energy experience in Baltimore 
193 buildings served in Baltimore
35 million square feet of commercial space served
Industries served: universities, life sciences, hospitals, commercial real estate, municipal and state-owned critical service complexes
Existing infrastructure in place: 28-miles of robust underground piping distribution for steam, one of the largest ice thermal storage systems in the U.S., importing a large portion of steam from waste-to-energy CHP, and green infrastructure investments in 2021 to improve safety and reliability and reduce carbon emissions and other GHGs
Sustainable advantages: Leveraging renewables to generate 50% of steam and 100% of electricity and improving air quality for Environmental Justice communities within the City

Kansas City district energy system

51 buildings served in Kansas City 
100+ years of energy experience in Kansas City
11.7 million square feet of commercial space served
Industries served: hospitals, commercial facilities, hospitality, municipal buildings
Existing infrastructure in place and green infrastructure investments made to improve safety and reliability and reduce carbon emissions and other GHGs
Sustainable advantages: Net zero carbon commitment by 2050, importing renewable electricity with a direct connection to the high-voltage electric grid, and leveraging the Missouri River as a heat pump energy source

Trenton district energy system

28 buildings served in Trenton 
12 million square feet of space served
Industries served: Municipal, residential, commercial facilities
Existing infrastructure in place: 14-miles of underground piping infrastructure
Sustainable advantages: Net zero carbon commitment by 2050, leveraging heat pumps to produce eSteam™

Oklahoma City district energy system

37 buildings served in Oklahoma City 
14.6 million square feet of space served
50+ years of district system operation
Industries served: municipal, hospitality, residential, commercial facilities
Existing infrastructure in place: 3-miles of underground piping infrastructure
Sustainable advantages: Utilize electric boilers and double-ended heat pumps to produce eSteam™, net zero carbon commitment by 2050

Tulsa district energy system

7 million square feet of space served 
Industries served: municipal, hospitality, commercial real estate
Existing infrastructure in place: 3.3 miles of underground piping infrastructure
Sustainable advantages: Utilize electric boilers and double-ended heat pumps to produce eSteam™, net zero carbon commitment by 2050

Grand Rapids district energy system

112 buildings served 
10 million square feet of space served
100+ years of energy experience in Grand Rapids
Industries served: Retail, healthcare, municipal, commercial buildings, universities
Existing infrastructure in place: 7-miles of underground piping infrastructure
Sustainable advantages: Net zero carbon commitment by 2050, utilize electric boilers, green investments to improve safety and reliability and reduce carbon emissions and other GHGs

Morgantown West Virginia University district energy system

9.9 million square feet of space served at the West Virginia University campus in Morgantown 
40+ buildings served
Existing infrastructure: 2.25 miles of underground piping infrastructure
Sustainable advantages: Net zero carbon commitment by 2050

exterior of district energy facility in Atlanta, GA

Atlantic Station chilled water

12 buildings served in Atlantic Station 
4.7 million square feet of space served at Atlantic Station
Industries served: restaurants, retail, residential housing, commercial facilities
Existing infrastructure in place: 3.2 miles of underground piping infrastructure
Sustainable advantages: Net zero carbon commitment by 2050

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