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Green Heat Network Fund awards £68 million to English projects

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Elemental London Summary Eight projects across England have been awarded a share of £68 million from the Green Heat Network Fund, in what the GHNF described as the most diverse mix of technologies to date. £14.65 million to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council for the Stockport district heat network This project will use heat pumps to extract waste heat from a local sewer system. It is also benefitting by being part of the Advanced Zoning Programme run by DESNZ. With construction set to begin as early as 2026/27, the network, once complete, will support the ongoing regeneration and redevelopment of Stockport town centre and 87% of the initial ...
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Deutsche Telekom hooks up Berlin data center to local district heating system

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DCD Summary A Deutsche Telekom data center has started supplying waste heat to a district heating system in Berlin-Schöneberg, Germany. The waste heat is being supplied to the Pallasseum, a listed 1970s building with 500 apartments and approximately 2,000 residents. PASM Power and Solution GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, Gewobag, and the GASAG Group, installed the system. “The energy transition won’t be decided solely in new buildings, but above all in existing ones. The Pallasseum impressively demonstrates how we can intelligently integrate unused energy sources, such as server waste heat, into existing systems,” said Matthias Trunk, sales ...
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Geothermal networks let cities warm and cool as one

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Nature Summary The half-a-dozen nineteenth-century commercial buildings huddled beside the Hudson River that make up an arts centre in Troy, New York, are destined for a distinctly twenty-first-century energy makeover. The same goes for an apartment building across the street and a department store-turned-technology hub a few blocks away. The plan — hatched by Troy’s economic-development office to revitalize the downtown area and now driven by regional utility company National Grid — is to combine the buildings’ heating and cooling systems in a single high-efficiency, low-carbon network. The hope is that more buildings will join the scheme before the thermal ...
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SWEP Introduces New Products for Future Demands of Data Center Cooling and Heat Reuse

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PR Newswire Summary SWEP , part of Dover and a world-leading supplier of brazed plate heat exchangers (BPHEs), today announced the launch of two new products, SWEP B327 and SWEP B224, developed to meet growing market demand in data center cooling and district energy applications. With Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC) on the rise, power and processing in data centers require efficient alternatives to traditional air cooling. Both new products, which expand the range of SWEP liquid cooling solutions for data centers, are developed for single-phase applications such as data center cooling and district heating, with shared ...
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Indonesia’s 2,160-GW geothermal resource seen as key to powering industry

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tanahair Summary The latest report from Project InnerSpace, entitled The Future of Geothermal in Indonesia, reveals that Indonesia’s geothermal energy potential is 2,160 gigawatts (GW). This finding opens up enormous opportunities for Indonesia to use geothermal energy not only as a source of electricity but also as a provider of industrial heat and district cooling systems for industrial estates, new cities, and data centres. Geothermal district cooling is considered highly suitable for supporting the growth of data centres and industrial cities in Indonesia. This technology can reduce cooling electricity consumption by 50–70%, provide cleaner air, ...
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Valmet in key role to decarbonize Fortum's Zabrze combined heat and power plant in Poland

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PR Newswire Summary Valmet is delivering a boiler fuel conversion for Fortum Zabrze combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Poland. Valmet's delivery for Fortum Zabrze CHP plant includes boiler island fuel conversion from coal to biomass. Valmet's delivery is part of Fortum's EUR 85 million investment project for the retrofit of the Zabrze plant. Currently, the Zabrze plant uses a mix of 60 percent coal and 40 percent refuse-derived fuel (RDF). After modernization, coal will be replaced entirely with certified forest biomass supplied by local providers. "Fortum is committed to exit coal in all its operations by the end of 2027. The Zabrze plant's retrofit ...
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Vertiv, Caterpillar Collaborate to Expand Power and Cooling Offerings for Data Centers

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POWER Summary Vertiv, a global critical digital infrastructure group, and power systems leader Caterpillar announced the signing of a strategic undertaking to collaborate on advanced energy optimization solutions for data centers. The initiative unveiled November 18 will integrate Vertiv’s power distribution and cooling portfolio with Caterpillar’s, and its subsidiary Solar Turbines’, product and expertise in power generation and CCHP (combined cooling, heat, and power) to deliver pre-designed architectures that simplify deployment, accelerate time-to-power and optimize performance for data center operations. Continue Reading #News #SolarTurbines ...
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£450 million energy-from-waste plant rises in Wisbech

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cambsnews Summary A new reality is dawning with construction work having begun in Wisbech on a major new energy-from-waste facility, the £450 million Medworth Energy from Waste Combined Heat and Power (EfW CHP) plant. Backed by German energy giant MVV Energie AG and financed in partnership with KfW IPEX-Bank, the project promises to convert hundreds of thousands of tonnes of non-recyclable waste into electricity for around 150,000 homes each year. Continue Reading #News #CHP
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Carmine Marcello Appointed President & CEO of Markham District Energy

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Markham Summary The Board of Directors of Markham District Energy (MDE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Carmine Marcello as President and CEO, marking a leadership transition as the company prepares for its next phase of growth and innovation. Mr. Marcello brings extensive experience in the energy sector, including his tenure as President and CEO of Hydro One, where he led Ontario’s largest electricity utility through significant regulatory and financial transformation in preparation for its successful initial public offering. He has advised governments and clean energy developers globally on structuring joint ventures, attracting investment, ...
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Built on Principles: Inside Con Edison’s “Dick Morgan Leadership Program”

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At Con Edison, leadership goes beyond titles or team structures. Instead, it centers on responsibility—uplifting others, serving the community, and leading with purpose, no matter your role. These principles form the foundation of the Dick Morgan Leadership Program, a homegrown initiative that has quietly transformed how hundreds of employees view themselves and their place in the company's future. “The program got me out of my shell, infused confidence within me, and silenced my self-doubt,” said one participant. “I’m forever grateful for this experience and the people who contributed to it.” Launched in 2013 and named for one of ConEd’s most respected leaders, ...
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Sparks fly as Brock launches $100M sustainability initiative

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Brock University Summary With the flip of a switch, Brock officially embarked on a more than $100-million journey that will reimagine campus sustainability and position the University as a leader in climate action. A celebration was held Tuesday, Nov. 25 to mark the launch of the SPARK (sustainability, performance, adaptation, renewal and knowledge) initiative, which will drastically reduce Brock’s carbon footprint and accelerate achievement of its sustainability goals. SPARK will see campus greenhouse gas emissions reduced by 83 per cent by 2028, surpassing the University’s initial target of a 75 per cent reduction by 2030 (compared to a 2013 ...
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U.S. Department of Energy Plans AI Data-Center Campus at Idaho National Laboratory

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Connect CRE Summary The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking proposals from U.S. companies to build and power AI data centers at Idaho National Laboratory . The move is aimed at driving private sector funding to grow the nation’s AI computing capabilities and help meet future energy demands. DOE’s Idaho Operations Office is now seeking proposals from companies to potentially enter into one or more long-term leasing agreements at the site that would be solely funded by the applicants. Idaho National Laboratory is one of four sites identified by the Department for AI infrastructure and generation projects on federal land. The other locations include ...
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The heat transition: Inside the race to break free from fossil fuels in buildings

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Reuters Summary At the COP30 climate conference in Brazil, about 80 countries called for the summit to agree a roadmap to phase out the use of fossil fuels. District heating and cooling networks have been around in Europe for more than a century . There are approximately 17,000 operational district heating systems that serve over 70 million people on the continent, with many originally having been developed to provide low-cost heating for residents, as well as energy independence. Today, there is renewed interest in these systems, which some energy analysts call the “Swiss army knife” in the renewable energy toolkit. They can utilise and disperse ...
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atNorth to supply waste heat from DEN01 data center to district heating network in Copenhagen, Denmark

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DCD Summary Nordic data center developer atNorth has signed a deal to supply waste heat to a district heating network in Copenhagen, Denmark. The company finalized an agreement with Vestforbrænding, Denmark’s largest waste-to-energy company, to supply excess heat from its DEN01 data center campus to Vestforbrænding’s district heating network. “For many years, we have talked about surplus heat from data centers being part of the future," said Steen Neuchs Vedel, CEO of Vestforbrænding. "Now the future is here. With today’s contract signing, we are showing the way forward for how surplus heat from data centers can reach people’s homes. There has also been ...
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Lahti Energia invests in sand battery to decarbonize its district heating network

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Inspenet Summary Lahti Energia has initiated a joint project with Polar Night Energy to build the world’s largest thermal sand battery with a capacity of 250 MWh. This innovative system will serve as a thermal energy reserve for the district heating network in Vääksy, southern Finland. In addition to supplying heat at low cost and with low emissions, the thermal battery thermal battery will also contribute to balancing the national power grid. By integrating into the reserve markets operated by Fingrid , it will be able to stabilize supply in times of variability in wind and solar generation. Continue Reading #News #DistrictH ...
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Veolia accelerates low-carbon heat with ‘Ecothermal Grid’ pipeline

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Energy News Live Summary Veolia has launched its new Ecothermal Grid offer, unveiling a £1bn pipeline of low-carbon heat network projects due by 2030. The company aims to expand the role of district heating to cut emissions from buildings, which currently generate 37% of the UK’s CO₂ output. Only 3% of UK heat demand is currently met by district heating but the Government wants this to reach 20% by 2050. Veolia says meeting this target could save 15m tonnes of carbon and transform the UK’s heating landscape. The company is now urging ministers to strengthen regulatory support so low-carbon heat networks can scale quickly and reliably. ...
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Haiyang extends district heating network

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Nuclear Engineering Summary The city of Rongcheng became the third settlement in the Chinese province of Shandong to be connected to the district heating network from the Haiyang NPP, the State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) announced. The first commercial heat supply using steam extraction from the second circuit began in 2019. In the winter of 2020/2021, Haiyang city was, for the first time supplied with heat from the Warm Core No 1 district heating project. The city of Rushan’s heating system was connected to the station in 2021, bringing the population benefitting from the technology to 1m. Continue Reading #News #DistrictHeating
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A Waste(d) Opportunity: How can the UK utilize data center waste heat?

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DCD Summary Nestled away in the heart of Queen Mary University in London (QMUL) is a data center. The facility, a vital resource for particle physics research at CERN, the home of the Large Hadron Collider, harbors a secret that is only apparent when you step inside its humid halls. Walking into the data hall, you are struck by the heat resonating from the numerous server racks, each capable of handling up to 20kW of compute. However, rather than allowing this heat to dissipate into the atmosphere, the team at QMUL had another plan. Instead, in partnership with Schneider Electric, the university deployed a novel heat reuse system. The system captures ...
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Veitur to augment geothermal heating capacity in Iceland with low-temperature drilling at Reykir

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Think GeoEnergy Summary Veitur will be drilling seven new wells in the low-temperature area of Reykir in Mosfellsbær to augment the geothermal heating capacity in the capital area of Iceland. This will be in addition to the 22 boreholes that Veitur already owns and operates at the Reykjar area. The hot water that Veitur supplies to the capital area comes from a combination of the hot water from geothermal power plants and boreholes from the low-temperature areas. The boreholes in Reykjar provide parts of the capital area, including Mosfellsbær, with hot water, especially in winter. In the summer, the low-temperature areas get a break because then the ...
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KDHC, Celebrating 40th Anniversary, Declares a ‘New Leap Forward’

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newsworld summary Korea District Heating Corp. (KDHC) held a ceremony to mark its 40th anniversary at KDHC headquarters in Seongnam City, Gyeonggi-do, on Oct. 31. The event, held under the theme “40 Years of Achievement and 40 Years of Innovation” was designed to look back at its history and herald the start of the leap forward the corporation will make in the next 40 years. Korea District Heating Corp. signed an MOU on technology exchange and mutual cooperation on community energy facility AI transformation with ABB on Nov. 4. Continue Reading #News #MemberNewsIDEA #DistrictHeating
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