Councillors in Glasgow have agreed to lease land to Tennent’s for a project to cut carbon emissions at Wellpark Brewery.
A site at Duke Street and McIntosh Street could be used by Tennent’s, in partnership with Eon, to install a borefield to support a ground source heat pump.
Terms and conditions of the lease will now be negotiated.
A council officer said the project would “allow heat from the ground to generate energy, which will initially feed the brewery”.
In the longer term, the development could potentially support a district heating system, he added.
Councillor Frank Docherty said the project was a “massive, massive opportunity for the city”.
A letter of comfort will be issued to Tennent’s and Eon as they bid for grant funding.
The proposed site of the borefield is bounded by the brewery to the west and housing on McIntosh Street to the east.
It is currently green space and includes a children’s park, which will be replaced once the project is finished.
Martin Doogan, group engineering and sustainability manager at C&C, which owns Tennent’s, said: “As part of our ongoing commitment to sustainability and protecting our environment we are looking into the feasibility of a Ground Source Heat Pump at Wellpark.
“If this progresses it would have positive environmental benefits for Wellpark and the surrounding community.”
It is anticipated a borefield would “significantly decrease carbon emissions from the brewery due to improved refrigeration procedures,” the council report adds.
Ground source heat pumps use pipes buried below the land to extract heat from the ground.
