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To meet its long-term heating and decarbonisation targets, East Lothian District Council is investigating a heat utility strategy utilising clean, low-cost waste heat from its local industries.

Heat highways function like power transmission lines transporting heat from industry across regions to local heat grids.

The idea is simple: harvest clean, low-cost waste heat from industrial sources, transport it to populated areas, and use it to heat homes and businesses. Filled with hot water, these underground piping systems can cover hundreds of kilometres with only minimal temperature losses.

Particularly in and around Manchester there is a concerning shortsighted growth in direct electric heating systems.
With our increased demand for scarce renewable power needed to drive the electrification and decarbonisation of existing technologies and transport, our demand for and the cost of electricity will inevitably also continue to grow. Homes with direct electric heating therefore risk increasing the number of consumers trapped in fuel poverty.

Sorø District Heating has just entered a partnership with Hørkram Foodservice where the company’s excess heat will be channelled into the local district heating network and to consumers in Sorø.

Without embracing digitalisation to improve energy efficiency, net zero will be a target that continually moves out of reach, says EnergiRaven’s Jonathon Hunter Hill.

Motivational Tariffs in Heat Networks The key to making UK heat networks cheaper and more efficient is creating smarter incentives. In times of skyrocketing fossil fuel costs, energy shortages, and looming climate targets, it’s no surprise UK households are crying out for cheaper (and ideally, greener) forms of space and water heating. This demand is …

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When there is no wind and the sun is not shining, electricity becomes so expensive that we risk power cuts. Here are five suggestions to address the problem, writes Head of Development at the Danish District Heating Association Kim Behnke and 11 co-authors in this opinion piece, which was published on 23 November 2022 in Altinget.

Putting a bandage on a broken arm, that is very much how the Energy Bills Support, and the Energy Bills Relief schemes feel like. Although these schemes are very much welcome in tackling the rise in energy costs, it does raise concerns whether this is too short-sighted and will hurt in the long run. Perhaps encouraging energy conscious behaviour and promoting good energy habits is also required?

In Denmark, renewables are widely referred to as the “champagne of energy”. Because we can’t always rely on the sun to shine or the wind to blow, renewable energy will always be scarce and therefore a costly resource that should be used sparingly and intelligently. Hence, satisfying our future energy requirements from renewables will always require a guaranteed supply of energy.