henrihorn, 1 month ago to random

Yesterday #Fortum, the local heating utility in Espoo, Finland, has shut down their last remaining coal plant at #Suomenoja.
One year ahead of schedule.

#DistrictHeating in #Espoo is decarbonising quickly and increasingly relies on excess heat recovery, #HeatPumps, several hundred megawatt electric boilers and #heatStorage.

#EspooCleanHeat #SectorCoupling
https://www.fortum.com/media/2024/03/fortum-end-use-coal-finnish-district-heat-production-ahead-schedule

burger_jaap, 3 months ago to random

💪"Wrompa" has arrived: 🇵🇱 Poland's largest heat pump: once operational, it will be able to transfer 12.5 MW of heat from wastewater to the district heating system (which is currently 100% coal-based)

https://www.wroclaw.pl/dla-mieszkanca/wrompa-przywiezli-najwieksza-pompe-ciepla-w-polsce-wazy-100-ton
#heatpump #districtheating

henrihorn, 4 months ago to Finland

This new 11 MW(th) Air-Water #HeatPump in Vermo, Espoo is the largest of it's kind in #Finland and a first step to 100MW Air-Source HPs on the #Fortum #DistrictHeating network in Espoo, Kauniainen and Kirkkonummi.

It was built last year next to a 160 MW oil-fired peak boiler. This week temperatures plunge below the design temperature -15°C of the #ASHP, so the peak boiler takes over. Luckily only for few days annually, and using bio-oil.
#SectorCoupling #Wärmewende

https://www.fortum.com/products-and-services/heating-cooling/espoo-clean-heat

burger_jaap, 6 months ago to random

You may already be ready for your second cup of coffee in the morning - and you probably get it from a thermos. The efficient principle of brewing coffee once and enjoying it for longer is also widely applicable to district heating.

📷: Thermal storage being built for the #districtheating system of the Utrecht region in the Netherlands.

a silver cylinder under construction, with scaffolding around it, 10 storeys high. In background skyline with apartment buildings under construction.