Fredericia Fjernvarme A.m.b.a in Denmark has agreed to deliver district heating to Østerby, about 4.5 km from the nearest  heating plant. The 276 households will now profit from lower heating costs and have an efficient form of heating that meets today's and tomorrow's requirements, based primarily on surplus heat. At the same time, they will reduce annual CO2 emissions in Denmark by more than 1,000 tons.

Carl Helmers, Director at Fredericia Fjernvarme explains: “Housing in Fredericia is undergoing large-scale renovation. Older housing stock is being demolished or renovated from top to bottom. Many new buildings are also under construction.

Renovation reduces energy consumption in these buildings and this means that our existing capacity will exceed demand in the areas where we currently supply heating.

Lower temperatures and LOGSTOR TwinPipe systems mean that we can transport district heating over longer distances and minimise heat loss. We can therefore better exploit capacity by offering district heating to smaller neighbourhoods outside our normal supply area.

It often makes sense to look at the possibilities for district heating in small towns at the perimeters of existing city district heating networks. If conditions are right, we can now offer district heating to neighbourhoods of 200–300 homes –sometimes even fewer. This wasn’t feasible in the past.”