Wilmington Thermal Energy Center

This district energy system was developed by Conectiv Thermal Systems (CTS) to provide central chilled water and hot water services to downtown Wilmington.

• Owned by Cartier Energy – a Vauban Infrastructure Partners, LLC company.
• In 2017 DCO acquired the system, and created WDK Energy Partners, LLC. In 2022, the system was acquired by Cartier Energy, a Vauban Infrastructure Partners company. DCO continues to operate and maintain the system.
• System provides hot water and chilled water service to New Castle County Courthouse (Williams Justice Center) and a corporate office building.
• Capacity of the system is 6,000 tons of chilled water and 50.4 MMBtu/hour of hot water.
• The system has approximately 2,500 feet of chilled and hot water piping under the streets of Wilmington.