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100 million barrels of oil - that is the fossil fuel equivalent to how much heat is available TODAY within EXISTING wastewater networks that are ALREADY inside or close to district heating networks in Europe.
This same type of assessment could and should be done for North America too. Then the results can be integrated into energy planning for every city.
100 million barrels of oil - that is the fossil fuel equivalent to how much heat is available TODAY within EXISTING wastewater networks that are ALREADY inside or close to district heating networks in Europe.
This graphic from the Reuseheat handbook shows that there are almost 4000 wastewater treatment plants across Europe with a total heat capacity of 625PJ that are inside or within 2km of district heating networks. Europe is looking for quick decarbonisation solutions right? Here are 4000 of them! The heat collection infrastructure is already built (wastewater network). The district heating network infrastructure is either already built or already in the planning. Connect these networks together with efficient heatpumps (which will therefore use available electricity sparingly) and the fossil fuel equivalent of 100 million barrels of oil per year are removed. It's not difficult.
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