Euractiv
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In April 2022, 100 European cities signed up to a pledge to be climate neutral by 2030, far ahead of the EU-wide decarbonisation targets. The Danish municipality of Sønderborg – a sleepy town with 70,000 inhabitants – is one of them.
While the town’s plan to achieve climate neutrality by 2029 – one year ahead of the goal of the 100 European cities that signed up to the pledge – will be achieved through many changes, the key instrument perhaps is Sønderborg’s expansive district heating network.
“It’s important to have this district energy grid, which is, in my opinion, one of the secrets of the whole thing here,” explained Jürgen Fischer, president of Danfoss Climate Solutions.
District heating entails the centralised production of heat (and sometimes cold) which is then distributed to households through pipes – more efficient than decentralised systems of heating or cooling.
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