District Heating and CHP Systems: Big Efficiency Gains for the Money

摘要

District heating and combined heat and power (CHP) systems are found in many countries in the region. Russia accounts for 72 % of the region's district heating capacity. The EU10 countries represent another 15 %; Ukraine, Belarus, and Moldova together account for 7 % of total capacity.rnAn estimated 90 % of the region's district heating and CHP systems need urgent rehabilitation. Modernizing district heating networks on densely built areas, rehabilitating CHP plants, and building new CHP plants would reduce total primary energy consumption by 17 %, or 860 million tons of oil equivalent, by 2030. It would also reduce greenhouse gas emissions considerably.