district heating
Europe’s biggest heat pump system put into operation in Vienna
11 December 2023 - In Vienna's Simmering district, three large heat pumps have been commissioned. They will provide heating for 56,000 households.
Vulcan opens Europe’s first fully domestic lithium production plant in Germany
30 November 2023 - Lithium extraction from salt water has a much lower environmental impact than projects at salt deserts and mines
Serbia kicks-off Public ESCO project – subsidies for energy renovation of residential buildings
10 November 2023 - The project was launched by the Ministry of Mining and Energy in cooperation with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
District heating company to install large heat pump in Niš in Serbia
19 October 2023 - Gradska toplana, the district heating system operator in Serbia's third-largest city, wants to build a heat pump that would use river water
Heat pumps twice as efficient as fossil fuel heating – study
14 September 2023 - A new study has found that heat pumps are twice as efficient as fossil fuel heating, even at lower temperatures
Bulgaria’s energy bill to liberalize wholesale power market, introduce energy communities
08 September 2023 - The proposed changes to the Law of Energy are heading to Bulgaria's parliament amid strong criticism over possible power price instability
Slovenian municipalities to decarbonize district heating system with TPP Šoštanj
29 August 2023 - Three municipalities in the Šalek valley in Slovenia signed a cooperation agreement with the utility firm in Velenje and with TEŠ
Vienna to introduce hydrogen in electricity generation, district heating
19 July 2023 - Wien Energie is starting to test blending hydrogen with natural gas for use in its Donaustadt heating and thermal power plant
Sarajevo Canton greenlights introduction of heating pumps in district heating
17 July 2023 - The Sarajevo Toplane - district heating project envisages two components that can be implemented in stages or simultaneously
Germany suspends cooperation on energy projects with Kosovo*
07 July 2023 - Germany has decided to temporarily suspend cooperation with Kosovo*, including on two major energy sector projects
Study: Geothermal energy could be used at 6 out of 18 Belgrade heating plants
06 July 2023 - The Faculty of Mining and Geology has found that 6 out of the 18 heating plants in Belgrade have the potential for utilizing geothermal energy
Large-scale heat pumps can replace 75% of Germany’s gas demand
28 June 2023 - To achieve this, Germany would need to install 4 GW of new capacities a year by 2045, a study by Agora Energiewende finds
Finnish company to decarbonize district heating with small modular nuclear reactors
28 June 2023 - Finland-based Steady Energy plans to build the world's first SMR for district heating and expects to have it running by 2030
EU pays out EUR 1.4 billion to Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania for green transition
09 June 2023 - The European Union's Modernization Fund has paid out EUR 2.4 billion for the seven member states, which is the joint largest disbursement
EBRD’s Bogdanović: Renewable heating is biggest contributor to decarbonization in urban areas
25 May 2023 - Renewable sources can contribute the most to the decarbonization of urban areas, Bojan Bogdanović from the EBRD said at BEF 2023
BEF 2023: Decarbonization and energy storage require district heating integration with power sector
17 May 2023 - Intersectoral cooperation and the integration of the electricity and district heating sectors are necessary to utilize the energy balancing and storage potential