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Ally Miller<p>‘The heat you need at a reasonable price’: how district heating can speed the switch to clean energy <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/28/the-heat-you-need-at-a-reasonable-price-how-district-heating-can-speed-the-switch-to-clean-energy?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">25/mar/28/the-heat-you-need-at-a-reasonable-price-how-district-heating-can-speed-the-switch-to-clean-energy?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DistrictHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictHeating</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a></p>
MediaFaro Analysis<p>Cologne gets Europe's largest river water heat pump.</p><p>Cologne is decarbonising its district heating system. To this end, a heat pump with a capacity of 150 megawatts is being built on the Rhine.</p><p>The heat pump will supply Cologne's district heating network and will be the largest river water heat pump in Europe.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250310-cologne-gets-europes-largest-river-water-heat-pump?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250310</span><span class="invisible">-cologne-gets-europes-largest-river-water-heat-pump?mf_channel=mastodon&amp;action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/HeatPump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeatPump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/DistrictHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictHeating</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Cologne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cologne</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Decarbonisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decarbonisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Decarbonization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Decarbonization</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Czechia wants to phase out coal. But is natural gas the solution? <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/808268/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/808268/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CoalFiredPowerPlants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoalFiredPowerPlants</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CzechRepublic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CzechRepublic</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Czechia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Czechia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DistrictHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictHeating</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnergyTransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyTransition</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Modernisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Modernisation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NaturalGas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturalGas</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Opatovice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Opatovice</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PowerPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerPlant</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RenewableEnergySources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergySources</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Study highlights geothermal potential and regulatory challenges in Moldova <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/781762/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/781762/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DirectUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectUse</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DistrictHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictHeating</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/exploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>exploration</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/gef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gef</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/geothermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geothermal</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GlobalEnvironmentFacility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalEnvironmentFacility</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/legislation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legislation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MinistryOfEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MinistryOfEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Moldova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moldova</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Regulation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UNIDO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNIDO</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedNationsIndustrialDevelopmentOrganization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedNationsIndustrialDevelopmentOrganization</span></a></p>
gentlegardener<p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scotland-beyond-net-zero-rural-district-heating-symposium-tickets-1087108704399" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eventbrite.co.uk/e/scotland-be</span><span class="invisible">yond-net-zero-rural-district-heating-symposium-tickets-1087108704399</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/districtHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>districtHeating</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scotland</span></a> </p><p>2 april 2025</p>
JdeB<p>651 <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateSolutions</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SandBattry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SandBattry</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Heat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Heat</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DistrictHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictHeating</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a></p><p>"Why Sand Batteries Are An Energy GAMECHANGER!" [9:57 min]<br>by Two Bit da Vinci</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AW60Bd1V64" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=7AW60Bd1V6</span><span class="invisible">4</span></a> </p><p>Time stamps<br>Chapters<br>0:00 - Introduction<br>1:40 - How it works<br>4:40 - What is District Heating<br>6:00 - Variety of Applications<br>7:42 - Why this is a HUGE Deal!</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TakeCareForLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeCareForLife</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TakeCareForEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeCareForEarth</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopBurningThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopBurningThings</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopEcoside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopEcoside</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateBreakDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakDown</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopRapingNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopRapingNature</span></a></p>
JdeB<p>604 <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateSolutions</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DistrictHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictHeating</span></a></p><p>This video has a mixed message as far as solutions go...<br>it offers NO solution at how the electricity power is generated. By BURNING waste and/or biomatter.<br>It does offer a solution as far as the generated energy is used twice; 1 Electricity and 2 Heatstorage.<br>And I hope I don't have to explain the benefits of <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DistrictHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictHeating</span></a> but there are better solutions, cold-water-storage [40 °C - 70 °C]</p><p>"Why a city in Sweden filled these caves with almost boiling water" [12:12 min]<br>by DWPlanet A</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSdKL0Nnk-k" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=VSdKL0Nnk-</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a> </p><p>Quote by DWPA:<br>"Dec 27, 2024 <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PlanetA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PlanetA</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DistrictHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictHeating</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/EnergyStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyStorage</span></a><br>Somewhere below the Swedish city of Västerås, there's a big man-made cave. During the Cold War, it was used to store oil. But the local energy company decided to clean it, pump it full of water and heat it up. Here's why they did that."</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TakeCareForLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeCareForLife</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TakeCareForEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeCareForEarth</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopBurningThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopBurningThings</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopEcoside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopEcoside</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateBreakDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakDown</span></a></p>
Definitely Doc D<p>World's largest (so far!) heat pump to heat 30k Finnish homes, powered by <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/cleanenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cleanenergy</span></a> </p><p>Air-water heat pump powering district heating, where a group of homes/buildings share a heating system. Common on US campuses, but not with clean energy (yet)</p><p>Shared systems relieve individual residents from $ of converting from <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/fossilfuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fossilfuels</span></a>, can use existing distribution set up as gas, etc. Can seem less foreign to public. </p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/heat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heat</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/hvac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hvac</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/heatpump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heatpump</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/districtheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>districtheating</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/08/29/helsinki-is-building-the-worlds-largest-heat-pump-to-keep-its-homes-warm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euronews.com/green/2024/08/29/</span><span class="invisible">helsinki-is-building-the-worlds-largest-heat-pump-to-keep-its-homes-warm</span></a></p>
Jaap Burger<p>**World’s largest CO2-based seawater heat pump goes online**</p><p>This heat pump itself, and the system it is part of (e.g. e-boiler) is responsive to the electricity system: on a huge scale what many ‘small’ residential heat pumps can also do: adjust consumption (very quickly for frequency regulation, or longer in time to match renewable electricity generation)</p><p><a href="https://www.pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/worlds-largest-co2-based-seawater-heat-pump-goes-online/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/wor</span><span class="invisible">lds-largest-co2-based-seawater-heat-pump-goes-online/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeatPumps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DistrictHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictHeating</span></a></p>
Clean Energy Wire<p>Large local utilities in Germany stall on heating transition – media report</p><p><a href="https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/large-local-utilities-germany-stall-heating-transition-media-report" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cleanenergywire.org/news/large</span><span class="invisible">-local-utilities-germany-stall-heating-transition-media-report</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/heatpump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heatpump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/districtheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>districtheating</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/large-local-utilities-germany-stall-heating-transition-media-report" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cleanenergywire.org/news/large</span><span class="invisible">-local-utilities-germany-stall-heating-transition-media-report</span></a></p>
Richard R Lee<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CommunityEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommunityEnergy</span></a> comes in all sizes and shapes. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SharedSolar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SharedSolar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SharedBatteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SharedBatteries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DistrictHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictHeating</span></a> ….. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@susankayequinn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>susankayequinn</span></a></span></p>
Henri Horn<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@burger_jaap" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>burger_jaap</span></a></span> <br>Many cities might even do without <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeatPumps</span></a> for heating, as <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/geothermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>geothermal</span></a> resources like the <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/Molassebecken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Molassebecken</span></a> in Southern Germany provide valuable <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/hydrothermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrothermal</span></a> temperatures above 70°C-100°C at moderate drilling depths.<br><a href="https://www.roedl.de/erneuerbare-energien/dienstleistungen/technologie/geothermie" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">roedl.de/erneuerbare-energien/</span><span class="invisible">dienstleistungen/technologie/geothermie</span></a></p><p>The city of <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/Munich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Munich</span></a> already features 6 geothermal plants, feeding <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/decarbonisedHeat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decarbonisedHeat</span></a> into the 900km <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/DistrictHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictHeating</span></a> network.<br><a href="https://www.swm.de/magazin/energie/geothermie" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">swm.de/magazin/energie/geother</span><span class="invisible">mie</span></a></p>
Jaap Burger<p>now I continue in the collection of very large heat pumps with an earlier thread from a different platform. Time to bring those here:<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeatPumps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DistrictHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictHeating</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeatPump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeatPump</span></a></p>
Jaap Burger<p>"World's largest heat pump" is a 🇫🇮 lämpöpumppu (the only Finnish word I know, don't ask)</p><p>And in the competition for largest heat pumps, it is a bit like the Olympics: with many subcategories (heat source), there are many winners.</p><p>Here: air-to-water 🥇</p><p><a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/german-company-to-build-worlds-largest-heat-pump-in-helsinki/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euractiv.com/section/energy-en</span><span class="invisible">vironment/news/german-company-to-build-worlds-largest-heat-pump-in-helsinki/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeatPumps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DistrictHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictHeating</span></a></p>
EURACTIV Energy & Environment<p>German company to build world’s largest heat pump in Helsinki <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/german-company-to-build-worlds-largest-heat-pump-in-helsinki/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euractiv.com/section/energy-en</span><span class="invisible">vironment/news/german-company-to-build-worlds-largest-heat-pump-in-helsinki/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/biomass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biomass</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/districtheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>districtheating</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Helsinki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Helsinki</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/largeheatpumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>largeheatpumps</span></a></p>
Clean Energy Wire<p>Reaching Germany's district heating goals in jeopardy after planned cuts to 2025 budget, says utilities association VKU</p><p>Goal of tripling the share of <a href="https://mastodon.energy/tags/districtheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>districtheating</span></a> by 2045 not achievable with current allocated funding<br><a href="https://www.cleanenergywire.org/news/utilities-association-fears-district-heating-plans-unattainable-following-budget-cuts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cleanenergywire.org/news/utili</span><span class="invisible">ties-association-fears-district-heating-plans-unattainable-following-budget-cuts</span></a></p>
Skip Lacaze<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@larryneufeld" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>larryneufeld</span></a></span> I live in California, so I don’t get to vote on this or offer meaningful opinions to your MPs. However, if I was looking at such a proposal in the U. S., I think that I would suggest considering the following: 1) look at <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Geothermal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Geothermal</span></a> or ground-source <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeatPumps</span></a> rather than air-source—they should be effective for both heating and cooling farther north (probably not on tundra); 2) in any areas where electricity must be locally generated with fossil fuels, fund and require installation of <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DistrictHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictHeating</span></a> instead of wasting energy in cooling towers; 3) start with homes that use electric resistance heating, in order to offset some of the new demand, and move on to the least efficient and dirtiest heating systems, skipping the most efficient natural gas units; 4) mandate their use in new market rate homes; 5) if the heat pumps are publicly funded, charge for overuse for excessive use for rich people’s comfort—cool to 78°F or higher, heat to 66°F or less, except for medical necessity.</p>
Luke Drury<p>TIL that Denmark has district heating systems using large heat pumps even in rural villages! Something for Ireland to consider? <a href="https://mastodon.dias.ie/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.dias.ie/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeatPumps</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.dias.ie/tags/DistrictHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictHeating</span></a></p><p>From: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ruhr.social/@700Sachen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>700Sachen</span></a></span><br><a href="https://ruhr.social/@700Sachen/112863970130553745" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ruhr.social/@700Sachen/1128639</span><span class="invisible">70130553745</span></a></p>
JdeB<p>375 <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateSolutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateSolutions</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AndTheWinnerIs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AndTheWinnerIs</span></a>... <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TopDog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TopDog</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sweden</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GreenEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenEconomy</span></a></p><p>"You don't have to reduce welfare to reduce your climate impact"<br>and it's not [only] by hitting the resources jackpot. It's by making the right policy choices early. <br>For instance: <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DistrictHeating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DistrictHeating</span></a> ; <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Insulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Insulation</span></a> ; <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CleanEnergy</span></a> ; <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/HeatPumps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HeatPumps</span></a> ; <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CarbonTaxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CarbonTaxes</span></a> applied diligently and effectively ; <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GreenHydrogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenHydrogen</span></a> ; <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GreenSteel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenSteel</span></a> ; <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Scholing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scholing</span></a> on [Green] <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engineering</span></a> and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a>.<br>Still tough targets: <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Transport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Transport</span></a><br>Setting a tough target gave citizens and businesses a strong belief that it is actually going to continue to happen.</p><p>Including valuable links with detailed information in the description of the video.</p><p>"Why Sweden is light-years ahead on climate" [12:43 min]<br>by DW Planet A</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWDMI8PDIuY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=vWDMI8PDIu</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a> </p><p>Quote by DWPA<br>"Jul 5, 2024 <br>If you're looking for a climate success story, you'll find it, of course, in Scandinavia. Sweden has cut 80% of its net emissions since 1990 – while growing its economy. How have they done it? And can this be a blueprint for other countries?"</p><p>Time stamps:<br>00:00 Intro<br>00:58 Cleaning up electricity<br>03:22 Fossil-free heat<br>05:42 Sweden's carbon tax<br>08:45 What's left?<br>11:08 Lessons learned</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TakeCareForLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeCareForLife</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TakeCareForEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeCareForEarth</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopBurnigThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopBurnigThings</span></a></p>
EURACTIV Energy & Environment<p>Decarbonising district heating will require power-to-heat technology [Promoted content] <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/opinion/decarbonising-district-heating-will-require-power-to-heat-technology/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euractiv.com/section/energy-en</span><span class="invisible">vironment/opinion/decarbonising-district-heating-will-require-power-to-heat-technology/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/districtheating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>districtheating</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Energytransition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energytransition</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/powertoheat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>powertoheat</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/promoted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>promoted</span></a></p>