district heating system News

The first international partner for HeatVentors

HeatVentors will launch its first international pilot. HeatVentors participated at the Alperia Startup Factory 2 in Bolzano, Italy, where we were selected among more than 200 startup to work together with Alperia SPA on a pilot. After the pilot we have the chance for further cooperation. The pilot site is the district heating system in Meran, where we will deliver a 50 kWh HeatTank. The biggest ...

Mar. 19, 2020

By HeatVentors

£10m Milton Keynes AD contract awarded

Renewable Power Systems has won a £10m contract to build and operate a state of the art anaerobic digestion system for Milton Keynes Council. The facility will process all of Milton Keynes food and garden waste – more than 25,000 tonnes each year, as the council expects the amount of organic waste to rise to 30,000 tonnes in the next five to seven years. Biogas produced by the AD process will ...

May 5, 2010

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

State aid: Commission approves €57 million Croatian support for the modernisation of Zagreb’s energy efficient district heating system

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, Croatian plans to support the modernisation of an energy efficient district heating system in the city of Zagreb, Croatia. The €57 million investment aid will support the modernisation of the hot water network through the replacement of deteriorated pipelines by the beneficiary of the aid, HEP District Heating. The project, ...

Nov. 28, 2019

By Europe`s Energy Portal

Kake Receives Final Plans for Biomass District Heating System

Working Together for Wood Heat Energy In June, Kake took one giant step toward energy independence with the delivery of the final engineering plans and financial analysis for a biomass district heating system designed by the Oregon firm, Wisewood Energy – a firm with deep experience in Southeast and many operational plants across the region. Like most remote Southeast villages, Kake ...

Jul. 23, 2020

By Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP)

1st European-Ukrainian Energy Day

European-Ukrainian Energy Agency and Conference House are pleased to invite you to the 1st European-Ukrainian Energy Day to be held in Kyiv, May 31-June 1, 2010. Leading experts from business community in Ukraine and EU, representatives of governmental authorities, NGO and Donor community will join efforts to address the most problematic issues within energy efficiency and alternative energy ...

May 1, 2010

By Ukraine Partnership Bureau

Kaori expand Patented Double Wall and Air Dryer Heat Exchanger Portfolio

Responding to requests from OEMs to reducing size and cost, Kaori’s team release the new patented Brazed Plate Heat Exchanger for Double Wall D045 and Refrigerated Air Dryer A140. The two new heat exchangers extend the capabilities of Kaori’s line of Double Wall and Air Dryer Series to offer unique design and manufacturing process benefit manufactures of heating and cooling industry ...

Jul. 4, 2016

By KAORI Heat Treatment Co., Ltd.

CIBSE Event at Kings Cross CHP plant a great success

Clarke Energy showcases GE’s Jenbacher combined heat and power (CHP) engines at the 67 acre, Kings Cross development at Hoare Lea. Hoare Lea is a firm of consulting engineers, specialising in mechanical, electrical and environmental engineering. The event took place on the evening of 26th November and worked in conjunction with The Chartered Institution of Building Services (CIBSE). Clarke ...

Dec. 4, 2014

By Clarke Energy

Great innovation potential of solar heating and cooling confirmed

The European Technology Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling issues a new document on the potential for technological development in solar heating and cooling until 2050. The “Strategic Research Priorities” identify huge opportunities offered by the technological development of solar heating and cooling and the need for a significant increase in R&D activities and budgets to ...

Feb. 26, 2013

By European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF)

Denmark’s largest coal plant fully converts to biomass

Diarmaid Williams reports in decentralized energy that the huge Avedøre combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Copenhagen, Denmark, once the country’s largest coal-fired station, is now completely fueled by biomass. Coal has been replaced entirely by wood pellets and straw as two energy companies, Vestegnens Kraftvarmeselskab (VEKS) and Dong Energy combined to contribute to the ...

Dec. 14, 2016

By International District Energy Association

Switch2 wins prestigious energy award for decade of customer service excellence

Switch2 Energy has won the Association for Decentralised Energy (ADE) Customer Engagement Award of the Decade for its success in focusing community and district heating projects around residents' needs. Awards Judge Alan Whitehead MP, Shadow Minister for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), said: "The judges thought that Switch2 had excelled over the years in ensuring that their very ...

Oct. 24, 2017

By Switch2 Energy Limited

Metso to convert coal boiler to biomass-fired boiler for Dalkia in Poland

Metso Corporation's press release on September 23, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. local time Metso will convert a pulverized coal boiler to a biomass-fired boiler for Dalkia Łódź S. A. in Poland, raising renewable energy production for Dalkia's plant in Łódź. Total value of the order is over EUR 15 million. The order is included in Energy and Environmental Technology's Q3 orders received. The conversion of ...

Sep. 23, 2010

By Thomson Reuters

Environmental progress at local level in South-East Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

A joint UNEP-EEA study of environmental issues in the countries of South-East Europe (SEE), Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia (EECCA) shows that the region is facing many challenges in the wake of economic growth. The report identifies several opportunities to 'leapfrog' and avoid some of the environmental problems experienced in western Europe. The report by the United Nations ...

Apr. 30, 2008

By European Environment Agency (EEA)

Munters Receives Double Data Center Cooling Order

Munters announced today that it received two significant orders to provide cooling solutions for two Facebook data centers in Europe. The total value of the combined orders is approximately MSEK 450 depending on the final selection of options and on-site services. Having previously supplied the first two phases of Facebook’s project in Clonee, Ireland and the first phase of their more ...

Nov. 6, 2017

By Munters

NIB to finance Bank of Greenland's environmental loan facility

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) will provide a loan to the Bank of Greenland to finance its new environmental loan programme. The 10-year maturity loan totalling DKK 25 million (EUR 3.35 million) will help finance energy efficiency measures in private households. Around 40% of all energy consumption in Greenland derives from heating buildings. Qualifying projects will include investments in ...

Feb. 23, 2011

By Thomson Reuters

Green Light For Europe`s Most Advanced Gas Engine Cogeneration Plant

In mid-November, Stadtwerke Kiel gave the go-ahead for the construction of a pioneering gas engine cogeneration plant and commissioned the general contractor Kraftanlagen München (KAM) with the implementation. The cooperation contracts were signed back in August 2015. The power station is scheduled to be connected to the grid in the autumn of 2018. With this project, KAM demonstrates its ...

Nov. 25, 2016

By Smart Grid Observer

Medium combustion plants: New rules on emissions adopted

On 10 November 2015, the Council adopted a new directive to limit the emissions from combustion plants of medium size. These new rules are part of the clean air legislative package, which aims at improving air quality in the EU. The new directive sets emission limit values for certain pollutants. These limits will be applied for new and existing combustion plants of medium size (between 1 ...

Nov. 10, 2015

By EU Council of Ministers

EPA grants licence to Dublin City Council to operate Poolbeg incinerator

Ireland’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a licence to Dublin City Council, to operate an incinerator at Poolbeg, Dublin, much to the dismay of an environmental group. The decision to grant a licence to the council has been seen as controversial by the campaign group, Combined Residents Against Incinerators (CRAI), which has been campaigning against the proposals for the ...

Dec. 2, 2008

By MRW - Materials Recycling World - EMAP Publishing Limited Company

Greystar awards 25-year heat network contract to Switch2 Energy

Switch2 has also been appointed to provide metering and credit billing services to residents and businesses. Greenford Quay straddles the Grand Union Canal and includes 2,000 homes for rent and sale, and 185,000 sq. ft of commercial and community space. The low carbon district heating system includes two CHP engines and four gas boilers and is complemented by a renewable power generation system ...

Apr. 30, 2020

By Switch2 Energy Limited

Biomass heats up luxury holiday homes

An award-winning holiday retreat on the Scottish Borders is seeing the financial and carbon saving benefits of biomass, thanks to a district heating system from Euroheat, and the commercial Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). Eildon Cottages, in Melrose, is a holiday destination comprising a converted 18th century farm house, with six newly built self-catering cottages. Prior to biomass, the farm ...

Jan. 8, 2014

By Euroheat Distributors (HBS) Ltd.

Siemens to build cogeneration plant in Berlin

Siemens has received an order to build a new cogeneration plant in the Marzahn district of Berlin. The company will act as general contractor for the energy utility company Vattenfall Europe Wärme AG to erect this natural-gas fired combined-cycle power plant with district heat extraction. The centerpiece of the plant will be its gas turbine, which will be manufactured at Siemens' gas turbine ...

May 5, 2017

By Siemens AG