Saturday, February 4, 2012

Market penetration of district heating

Penetration of commune heating (DH) into the calefaction bazaar varies by country. Penetration is afflicted by altered factors, including ecology conditions, availability of calefaction sources, economics, and bread-and-butter and acknowledged framework.

In the year 2000 the allotment of houses supplied by commune calefaction in some European countries was as follows:

Country Penetration (2000)40

Iceland 95%

Denmark 60% (2005)10

Estonia 52%

Poland 52%

Sweden 50%

Czech Rep. 49%

Finland 49%

Slovakia 40%

Hungary 16%

Austria 12.5%

Germany 12%

Netherlands 3%

UK 1%

In Iceland the prevailing absolute access on DH is availability of calmly captured geothermal heat. In a lot of East European countries activity planning included development of cogeneration and commune heating. Negative access in The Netherlands and UK can be attributed partially to milder altitude and aswell antagonism from accustomed gas supply.

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