district heating network News
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Breivoll Inspection Technologies AS and Poland
Breivoll Inspection Technologies AS (BIT) has for some time considered entering the Polish market for inspection of metallic water pipes, especially focusing the market for condition assessment of the Polish district heating network. 3-4 October 2019 BIT attended a conference in Katowice and presented our services. Here BIT met with several technology providers allowing a first glimpse into the ...
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Energy Opticon at DHC Days in Lyon 21.-22. February 2017
Energy Opticon will be participating in the fair DHC Days in Lyon that takes place on 21.-22. February 2017. Take advantage of the opportunity to learn more about Energy Optima 3, our software for power plant optimization and load forecasting. We will be focusing on the following topics: Economical optimization of energy production and the operation of the district heating network ...
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Boiler Commissioned and Heat Export
ZeroPoint worked with Dunphy from the UK to commission the 5 MWth of Bio Energy Netherlands. The boiler is one of the first of its kind working on syngas. The boiler’s expected efficiency is close to 90%. The heat is exported to the district heating network of Amsterdam via the cooperation between Bio Energy Netherlands and AEB Amsterdam – one of the biggest waste incinerators in ...
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Grand Nancy District Heating Network Installation, France
Estia, a subsidiary of Dalkia have installed a Jenbacher cogeneration engine supplied by Clarke Energy into the underground boiler room of the Grand Nancy district heating network in the Haye Plateau. The installation took place using a 40m, 220 tonne crane which was necessary in order to lower the engine into the depths of the boiler room in three parts. The Jenbacher JMS616 cogeneration engine ...
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Discover Comsof Heat release 2020.1
Plan a phased roll-out, include local heat sources and optimize substation locations Presenting the latest release of Comsof Heat, our member’s district heating planning and design software. In this latest version they integrated phased roll-out functionalities, improved optimized substation locations, and added the possibility to include local heat sources. In addition, they put in pipe ...
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Munich, Germany utility seeks to optimize geothermal heating with AI
The city utility of Munich, Germany, Stadtwerke München (SWM), has announced a new research project that aims to use AI to optimize the operations of geothermal district heating networks. The project, called “EnEff_Netzregulation” is funded by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection and will be carried out with project partners Institute for Automation ...
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Simple, fast and sustainable rehabilitation of district heating pipes with CarboSeal
The PPR team and its partners, Oxeon AB and BKP Berolina Polyester GmbH & Co. KG, are proud to present CarboSeal®, which will help District Heating companies to fix leaking pipe systems and renew their networks in a fast, simple and sustainable way. CarboSeal® has been developed in cooperation with Nordic network owners that include Vattenfall, Fortum and Hofor. It has been ...
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Switch2 Energy puts customers first to win national award for district heating success
The company has won the Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) Customer Engagement Award for its smart metering partnership with Sheffield City Council. Switch2's smart metering technology is being used by Sheffield City Council to dramatically cut customer bills and reduce energy consumption across 6,000 homes connected to its district heat network. On average residents are saving 38% on ...
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CIWM welcomes role of biomass and waste in DECC`s Heat Strategy
The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has welcomed the publication of DECC's heat strategy and the recognition that biomass and waste have a contribution to make to the Government's aim of encouraging renewable and low-carbon heat technologies. "Decarbonising heat is an important and challenging task and the strategy provides a very useful assessment of the current situation, ...
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Free seminar introduces heat network suppliers to new Heat Trust Calculator
The free breakfast event, hosted by Switch2 and Winckworth Sherwood, will show delegates how to raise performance standards in heat network management and introduce them to the Heat Trust's new cost comparison tool. This calculator will help customers to better understand and compare their district heating bills. The online tool has been introduced by Heat Trust, which is the first customer ...
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€11.2 million loan to improve energy efficiency in Ukraine
The EBRD is providing a €11.2 million loan to CherkasyTeploKomunEnergo (CTKE), the municipally-owned district heating company of the Ukrainian city of Cherkasy. The finance will be used for investments aimed at improving the energy efficiency of the local district heating network. After years of under investment and lack of maintenance, heating systems in Ukraine are suffering high levels of ...
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Bydgoszcz and Lublin receive EIB loans for climate-friendly upgrade of DH networks
EIB loans for an aggregate amount of PLN 200m (€46,4m) will help retrofit existing pipes and substations and connect new homes; in Bydgoszcz, the loan will also finance the installation of new highly-efficient generation sources The projects will benefit around 500,000 end-users in total and result in better air quality in both cities and their surroundings Both EIB loans are backed ...
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EBRD loan supports E-Energija’s operations
The EBRD is increasing its support for E-Energija with a €15 million loan to the private Lithuanian energy company. The funds will be used to finance E-Energija’s expansion to Ukraine and to support energy efficiency investments in Lithuania and Latvia. The EBRD expects to become a shareholder in the company with a €5 million equity investment in the next several weeks. E-Energija is ...
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Gas Engines for Independent Power Producers
Independent Power Producers (IPPs) are non-utility generators (NUG) that are typically not owned by the national electricity company or public utility. IPPs generate electricity and sometimes heat (via cogeneration) for sale to a third party. This third party could be the national electricity company, or may be via private wires to a specified company and is typically in grid parallel mode. ...
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HVC Dordrecht, the Netherlands
In October 2021, HVC Dordrecht B.V. has awarded KMT the contract for supplying, installing and starting up a system for recovering heat from vapours that form during predrying sewage sludge. Approx. 380,000 t/a of sewage sludge are thermally treated in 4 lines at the Dordrecht sewage sludge incineration plant, making the facility one of the largest in Europe. The new system is designed to ...
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Woodchip biomass and gas centre heats University of Northampton
A new biomass centre had been opened at the University of Northampton. The facility uses woodchip biomass and gas to provide hot water and low carbon heating to buildings around the University’s Waterside campus. Renewable energy specialists Vital Energi worked closely with the University’s Project Management team to build the 1.5MW biomass powered energy centre. It will work as ...
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ENGIE Solutions is the geothermal innovator of the year with the multidrains boreholes
This year the winner of the Ruggero Bertani European Geothermal Innovation Award 2021 is ENGIE Solutions with its innovative multidrains boreholes well architecture. This project, developed by ENGIE Solutions and built with Antea Group and other partners, can almost double the productivity of a geothermal reservoir. The multidrains technology has been designed for a new geothermal district ...
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EUR 100m to ENIA for Parma waste-to-energy plant
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a EUR 100m finance contract with the Romagna-based multi-utility ENIA to help it implement its integrated environmental project in Parma. The EIB funds will cover nearly half of the project investment cost and will be used chiefly for the construction and commissioning of a new waste-to-energy plant that will serve the provincial capital Parma and, ...
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District Heating Consumer Thermal Energy Forecast
WHAT IS DISTRICT HEATING CONSUMER THERMAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION FORECASTING? Thermal energy forecasting is a process where depending on the weather conditions and information about the consumers, operators forecast thermal energy consumption. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO FORECAST THERMAL ENERGY? Precise hourly forecasts allow to manage the district heating network in the most efficient way: ...
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WBA welcomes new members
WBA welcomes the following companies and associations to the global bioenergy association network. To access the complete list of WBA members, click here. Westtech Maschinenbau GmbH Austria Westtech is an Austrian company producing machinery for the forestry industry. Their main product is the Woodcracker range of machines for harvesting and processing forestry products. Bioenergie ...
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