In Denmark, new administrative and fiscal rules will allow companies to use their excess heat or sell it to the district heating network. In the future, excess heat from industrial companies could, for example, heat many Danish homes. After approving ...
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Haiyang: converting nuclear power to district heating
In Shandong province, China, Haiyang nuclear power plant has started providing district heating. The country’s first commercial nuclear heating project was carried out in the winter of last year to provide heat to 700,000 square meters of housing, a few ...
Singapore – city of the future?
Singapore’s latest venture is to build a new city, with underground roads for electric vehicles, vacuum garbage collection, and plenty of city farms. The newest and greenest community in this remarkable island state will be called Tengah under ambitious plans ...
Valmet supply Finnish town with boiler for heating network
Valmet, the Finnish pulp, paper and energy solutions company is to supply a boiler for remote heat production to the Seinäjoen Energia Oy thermal power plant at Kapernaum in Seinäjoki, Finland. This new boiler will allow the company to increase ...
Kahramma seek to develop cooling solutions for individual houses in Doha
A feasibility study is being carried out by Kahramaa (Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation) to help set up investment projects in district cooling plants, allowing individual houses and villas to benefit from the most efficient cooling system. In a ...
EU to back district heating project in Greece
In Greece, the seaside town of Alexandroupolis is working on a sustainable district heating system, using geothermal sources. The project is supported by the IRIS Smart Cities project, within the framework of the European Horizon 2020 program. The Antheia-Aristino low ...
Green Edge to open new data center in Trondheim
An agreement has been signed between Green Edge Compute AS and Statkraft for the construction of a “1 to 5 MW” data center in Trondheim, Norway.The construction of this new data center will mark a first for Green Edge Compute ...
Northwest Territories Power Corporation enters district heating market
Canada: Northwest Territories Power Corporation is expected to make a move into district heating, according to local representative Rylund Johnson. In his statement to the press, Rylund Johnson stated his firmly-held belief that the Northwest Territories Power Corporation could generate ...
Empower connect One Za’abeel to Dubai district cooling network
Empower (Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation) has connected Ithra Dubai’s “One Za’abeel” building complex to its district cooling network, providing 9,600 tonnes of refrigeration to the luxury complex. Located next to the Dubai World Trade Center (DWTC), the spectacular One ...
Creating artificial islands to store energy in Helsinki
A revolutionary man-made island project has been designed by Carlo Ratti and his team as part of the Helsinki Energy Challenge. The aim of the project is to create both new tourist destinations and, more importantly, to store energy. The ...