Basically Distant Heating is heating by pipeline. Enter 'distant
heating' into google, there are 543 references. One is
http://www.kraljevo.co.yu/english/infrastr.htm  It includes this passage:

> 5000 (approximately 25%) of flats in Kraljevo are connected to the
> distant heating system. Heat is produced in five boiler rooms whose
> total installed power is 65 MW. Natural gas is used for heat
> production in 80% of capacities, and liquid fuel is used in the other
> 20%. According to the criteria of density of the settled area
> (MW/km2), it would be very economical to double the scope of distant
> heating in this town. This is limited by the lack of capital, low
> economic power of the population and, especially, inadequate state
> policy in this field.

Pellets are Bioenergy, the pellets are made from woodwaste, woodchips
etc. The technology derives from woodchip heating, something we have
known in OZ for many years. Sweden produces 500,000 tonnes of pellets a
year. Heating costs are slightly less than oil but I imagine this varies
from country to country.

cheers Roger


Linda Seaborn wrote:

> Interesting article.  the renewable energy sources mentioned are :
> 'distance heating 'and 'pellets' does anyone know what they are?
> It's good to hear news like this - we need a lot more of it
>
> Linda
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ruth Rosenhek"
> <ruthr@... <mailto:ruthr@...>> To: "Anne
> Goddard" <winter___@... <mailto:winter___@...>> Sent:
> Sunday, January 08, 2006 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [eco-feministwomen]
> positive websites
>
> here's some good  news too from Sweden... ____
>
> Swedish Press Dec 2005
>
> SWEDEN PLANS ON BEING THE FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO BE  FREE FROM
> OIL IN 2020
>
> Minister for Sustainable Development Mona Sahlin has declared  that
> Sweden is going to become the first country in the world to break
> the dependence on fossil energy. Sweden will stop using oil by 2020
> and  eventually the energy supply of the country will be based on
> renewable energy only.
>
>n-global

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