The district heating pool, which has massively contributed to the phasing out of natural gas and the rollout of green district heating, will continue in 2024. It is among the many green proposals that the Danish Social Liberal Party has just presented in their proposal "More renewable energy on land now".
Danish District Heating, which represents all the district heating companies that must ensure the phasing out, supports the need for speed in the green transition, the organization states in a statement.
- If Denmark is to phase out black natural gas, and at the same time keep its hand under the Danes' energy bills, there is a need for green district heating and a need for far more people to have access to district heating. The new proposal of the Danish Radical Left underlines the necessity for us to fill up the district heating pool again so that we can continue the pace of phasing out black natural gas, says Rune Moesgaard, political director of Dansk Fjernvarme.
Planning for renewable energy is necessary
In the proposal, the Danish Radical Left also proposes that the electricity grid be expanded in such a way as to ensure coherence in the planning of new plants for renewable energy and future Power-to-X plants. These are plants that will also generate massive amounts of surplus heat, and they should therefore be placed in conjunction with where it is possible to sell the large amounts of surplus heat.
- It is absolutely crucial that the many large and necessary plants are considered in a coherent plan, so that the different technologies are fully utilized and we do not make unnecessary investments. We therefore very much welcome the fact that the Radical Left is proposing that the planning be done centrally, so that we ensure the full benefit, says Rune Moesgaard.
In 2035, the expected PtX electricity capacity and electricity consumption will be approximately 49.9 TWh, according to the Danish Energy Agency's projections. Based on this development, Danish District Heating estimates that the potential for utilizing surplus heat is up to 26.7 PJ. This corresponds to 18 percent of Danish district heating consumption in 2035 being covered by surplus heat from PtX processes.
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