- Heat sources and sustainability
Energy supply composition of generated District Heat1
According to the latest survey:
Do actors in the Finnish District Heating sector have investment plans in RES to be realized in next 5 years?
Role of respondents in the DHC sector:
1 The three different categories are defined as follows:
“Recycled heat” - includes surplus heat from electricity production (CHP), waste-to-energy plants, and industrial processes independently from the fuel used for the primary process. Two-thirds of the energy delivered by heat pumps are also considered as recycled heat.
“Direct use of renewable” - covers the use of renewable in heat-only boilers and installations other than CHP.
“other" - includes direct use of fossil fuels covers heat-only boilers, electricity and one-third of the heat originating from pumps.
