An innovative solution involving radioactive decay has been developed by researchers at the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen and the Czech Technical University in Prague. The radical new solution proposed by the Czech research team uses the heat produced ...
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Shell and EBN launch geothermal project in Netherlands
In the Netherlands, in Leeuwarde, a large-scale geothermal energy heating project, led by a local construction and heating company, EBN (Energie Beheer Netherlands) and Shell, has been given the green light. Work on this geothermal energy project is set to ...
Yeager Energy gets substantial investment boost
Yeager Energy, a Dutch geothermal energy developer, has just received a large investment from Kerogen Capital, an independent investment fund. The company stated that this investment aims to develop and support its geothermal energy and district heating activities across Europe ...
New cooling network at King’s Cross is up and running
As of today, the cooling network in London’s King’s Cross district is fully operational.The network is designed to serve the area north of the Regent Canal and will cool four commercial buildings and three residential buildings with a low carbon ...
French city of Grenoble announces mandatory connection to DHC networks
As of 1 July 2018, connection to the district heating network will become mandatory in Grenoble. This measure concerns the buildings located near the Grenoble Métropole heat network, which represents a total of approximately 500 buildings. New buildings and ...
Engie to invest heavily in Singapore
Engie have announced that they will invest 80 million Singaporean dollars into the infrastructure of Singapore in an exercise to promote the regional development of district cooling systems in Singapore. This investment will play a major role in setting up ...
Cardiff announces plans for new district heating network
A new waste recovery system for the city of Cardiff has just been installed and could soon be used to heat public and commercial buildings with a district heating network. The new project is a 30 MW waste recovery and ...
New heating network in Bordeaux
A project for a new district heating network in Bordeaux has just been given the go ahead by the local Bordeaux Métropole authority. The recently-approved project will see the creation of a geothermal heating network in the Plaine Rive Droite, ...
Failed DHC scheme refunds investors
A failed Canadian district heating initiative, which had fallen by the wayside in the province of Ontario, has left city officials and investors extremely relieved to discover that their capital will be refunded to them following the failure of the ...
New biomass boiler greatly reduces Carbon emissions
The town of Vénissieux, in the Greater Lyon area, has just inaugurated a new biomass boiler room in its heating network. This is a major step forward for the network, as this new boilerhouse will allow the network to abandon ...