Common heating of villages

The project will demonstrate a new concept for the introduction of a local and common heat supply in smaller cities and villages which are located outside normal district heating areas. This project is the phase 1 of 2. Phase 1 is an initial feasibility study of the concept and phase 2 will demonstrate and validate the results from phase 1. The central point for the concept is the heat connection of the houses in the villages through a ring shaped heat distribution pipe system and, initially, connection to and utilizing the existing heat supply units within the village. The project will evaluate the technical, economic and legal feasibilities of the concept. In the working process, one or more representative villages will be selected and subjected to: • Detailed mapping of heat consumption. • Mapping of existing heat supply sources, such individual boilers, heat pumps, solar panels etc. • Preparation of economically attractive technical solutions to the inter connection of consumers and the existing heat production units. • Proposals for legal guidelines for the production and the consumption of heat: Supply security, pricing etc. During the whole process, engagement and correspondence with the local inhabitants will have very high priority. The project results will be used by the relevant project partners to form a standardized product package of technical solutions and legal guidelines which initially will be marketed on a national scale