- As Germany and other European countries seek to move away from oil and gas heating in the face of a looming energy crisis, and to meet climate protection targets, Stockholm is leading the way.
- Waste heat from industrial plants, wastewater, data centers and soon from an electricity transformer station, as well as environmental heat from the Baltic Sea, flow into the city’s district heating network, supplying most of its buildings.
- The current German government now wants to promote renewable heat generation, heat pumps and a green district heating expansion to the tune of €3.8 billion ($3.8 billion) over the next four years.
Energy crisis: Can large-scale heat pumps replace fossil fuels for heating? 16.09.2022
