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Burning Ambition Energizes Shetland

By District Energy posted 03-03-2020 16:46

  

The Herald

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So when Shetland was looking for a sustainable waste to energy system 20 years ago it wasn’t surprising that it sought out Scandinavian innovation and technology. 

Eager to make investments that benefited the community, the Shetland Charitable Trust studied examples of successful waste to energy schemes elsewhere, particularly those in Denmark, and both the Council and Trust initiated the main elements of the project in 1997, with the first customer connected the following year.

The project was a pioneering one, now recognised by the Scottish government which has set a target of 2040 for all Scottish homes to have an Energy Performance Certificate of band C and to reduce residential heat demand by 15% and non-residential heat demand by 20%.

In Shetland, the Council’s contribution involved building a new incinerator to heat large volumes of water and serve the needs of what was to become a district heating network, one that makes customer installation straightforward via a heat exchanger that enables heat to be transferred from the hot water main into a separate domestic pipework giving customers access to central heating, whenever they need it and an unlimited supply of hot water.

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