PODCAST HEAT PLANNING IS THE KEY TO GREEN AND FAIR HEAT
In this episode of the DBDH district heating podcast, we discuss heat planning and why it is so important. In short, good planning will ensure that the local authorities can provide the right, fair, sustainable, and affordable heat solutions to its citizens – that is, district heating in any kind of urban area (villages, towns, and cities) and heat pumps outside these areas. This will be an important part of making your municipality a liveable place. As the experts agree on – “Get started! Don’t wait!”
A new crisis has pushed even more towards more district heat- ing in Denmark and Germany. In Denmark, we had to take a new round of planning. BW (Baden Württemberg, Germany) is ahead of others as they have already started the planning. New sources, new systems, and a double crisis—energy and cli- mate—need to be dealt with. Your experts in this podcast are from Germany, where heat planning has just begun, with the new law dictating all local authorities to make heat planning for all municipalities larg- er than 10,000 people, and from Denmark. Actually, the two experts do not disagree on much but simply urge everyone to get started and take on the responsibility required. The German expert is Volker Ki e nzlen, managing director of Kli-ma und Energie Agentur, Baden Württemberg. Together with his team, they made the first heat planning law in Germany, supporting the development of heat plans in the largest 104 local authorities. In the other chair for this talk, you will find Steen Christiansen, mayor of Albertslund – a municipality on the outskirts of Copenhagen, also chairman of the board of VEKS (DH transmission company in Copenhagen, Denmark), and a board member of the Danish DH Association. Two ex-perts who nicely combine German and Danish expertise on supporting the green heat transition.
Both experts agree that politicians, both local and national, must step up and make sure things can happen. Both in Den- mark and in Germany, the local authorities are given the man- date to do things – and yes, both Volker and Steen agree that the key is municipal leadership and taking responsibility for further solutions. “The local authorities must take leadership,” Volker says. Only they can put on the long-term perspective and deliver on these agendas.
“Transparency” is a keyword – listen in and learn how important our experts find that idea.
There are differences. In Denmark, people are eager to become less dependent on natural gas and look for DH. In Germany, people think they become dependent on one supplier when they get DH. Learning from Denmark is important – one learning could be – just get started!! There is still a long way to go, and convincing people to like DH is a big thing.
Get started – don’t wait!
Welcome to DBDHs district heating podcasts. In this series of podcasts, we invite experts from the industry to highlight important and current developments in our industry. The goal is to share knowledge, to inspire and maybe also to provoke a bit – to give insights. And I always ask the experts to share one recommendation each.
This is the DBDH district heating podcast, and your host is Morten Jordt Duedahl.
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