Just like electricity, heat can be produced in one or more places and then delivered to a whole neighbourhood. This system, known as ‘district heating and cooling’, is energy efficient and helps decarbonisation, especially when the heating source is large heat pumps.
In central Denmark, a district heating plant was recently upgraded and expanded through a joint project by Frascold and Solid Energy. The Galten plant now has an air-water heat pump which absorbs heat from the outside air, covering 98% of the district heating system’s power consumption. The plant provides a heating temperature of 70°C.
Fabrizio Diotallevi – Frascold Sales Area Manager, North Europe, said:
“Denmark is one of the most advanced countries in terms of district heating and approximately 1.7 million homes, or 64% of the total, are powered by these systems, of which 61% already use energy from renewable sources. A continuous improvement process in line with the objective to completely eliminate fossil fuels in the segment by 2030.”
