Billingstad energy center

The residents of Vestre Billingstad receive environmentally friendly and sustainable energy from a shared energy center for the entire area.

Project status

Feb 2019

Nov 2025

About the project

The energy for the homes is produced by heat pumps, which, once fully developed, will draw energy from 160 energy wells in the ground.

2000 kW
Installed power
When the project is finished
12 GWh
Annual power from the energy center

Vestre Billingstad

Renewable energy solution

Heat pumps supply about 90% of residents' energy needs, with electric boilers providing the rest and acting as a backup.

By 2023, the energy solution has saved over 2,200 tons of CO2 emissions since 2020. It is expected to save around 1,800 tons of CO2 annually once fully operational and will free up about 1.4 MW of power grid capacity.

The heat pumps at Billingstad Energy Center serves more than 4000 people with renewable energy

The Vestre Billingstad area will comprise a total of 15 construction phases, including residential units and a kindergarten. The energy center has been developed incrementally to align with the housing development. Each of the 15 construction phases will feature dedicated customer centers to ensure efficient utilization of energy in the various buildings.

Man in a yellow AF-jacket outside in front of the energy center. The concrete construction is visible in the background — Managing Director of Enaktiva, Even Gjelsås, in front of the energy center.

The energy center is situated inside the mountain beneath the playground of the kindergarten at Vestre Billingstad. Once completed, it will have over 10 kilometers of pipes in the ground. When constructed, the heat pump was one of the largest in Europe using CO2 as a refrigerant.