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UK-wide heating network investment scheme launched

UK-wide heating network investment scheme launched

The Association for Decentralised Energy today welcomed the launch of the £39m Pilot Scheme of the Heat Networks Investment Project. The investment aims to increase the number of cost effective, low carbon heat networks being built, while creating the right ...

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Aarhus – pioneering green DHC network

Aarhus – pioneering green DHC network

One of the biggest biomass-fuelled Combined Heat and Power (CHP) stations in the world is in Aarhus. The Studstrup plant began to burn wood pellets instead of coal on 10 October, bringing green heating and electricity to city residents and ...

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EU approve Vilnius CHP plan

EU approve Vilnius CHP plan

The European Commission today approved support for a combined heat and power (CHP) district heating plant in Vilnius, Lithuania. The nation’s request for approval of €150 million ($168 million) in government aid for the project was found to be in ...

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50 cities now signed up to Celsius project

50 cities now signed up to Celsius project

Celsius is a project co-funded by the European Union to help communities plan, implement and optimize new or older urban heating infrastructure. The project had set itself the goal of recruiting 50 new cities per year. For the year 2016, ...

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UK government ready to push DHC networks

UK government ready to push DHC networks

The British government is supporting a major push to greatly expand the country’s district heat networks. Ministers set up a “heat network delivery unit” in 2013 to award funding for the development of new schemes, and this week are due ...

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South Korea set to promote cogeneration

South Korea set to promote cogeneration

The South Korean government is seeking to increase the share of combined heat and power in the country’s energy mix in order to meet decarbonisation and energy efficiency targets.Seoul Seoul announced in its latest plan for electricity supply and demand ...

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Dalkia look to break into UK market

Dalkia, the French firm and EDF subsidiary, is making inroads into England, as evidenced by the company’s announcement on Tuesday, July the 19th, that they had won a tender for the design, construction and operation of a new plant and ...

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What will Brexit mean for DHC networks?

The announcement of the result of the UK’s referendum on the European Union on the 24th of June has already generated many column inches in the mainstream press and in the press. Here at DHC News we will consider and ...

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Smart DHC network in Kalmar, Sweden

NODA, a Swedish company specializing in energy optimization of district heating systems software, is working with the operator Kalmar Energi with the aim of creating an eco-smart heating network in Kalmar, Sweden. The system, which is to be known under ...

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