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FWIW, I don't think we have ever run gas lines to individual homes in large scale here in Finland, and we are obviously in a heating-needed region. Natural gas
by AnssiH 8y ago
FWIW, I don't think we have ever run gas lines to individual homes in large scale here in Finland, and we are obviously in a heating-needed region.
Natural gas is 7% of the total energy consumption here (https://www.stat.fi/til/ehk/2018/01/ehk_2018_01_2018-06-27_tie_001_en.html https://www.stat.fi/til/ehk/2018/01/ehk_2018_01_2018-06-27_t...).
There are 30.000 homes that have gas connection for cooking, but that is a small fraction of the ~2.700.000 households in Finland (
https://www.gasum.com/en/About-gas/natural-gas-and-lng/Use-of-natural-gas-in-Finland/ https://www.gasum.com/en/About-gas/natural-gas-and-lng/Use-o...).
Gas is used for heating, but it is mostly via CHP (Combined Heating and Power) plants that heat water in a district heating network ( https://energia.fi/en/energy_sector_in_finland/energy_production/combined_heat_and_power_generation https://energia.fi/en/energy_sector_in_finland/energy_produc... ,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_heating https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_heating ).
For single detached houses, for new houses the most common main heat sources are ground heat (52%) and air heat pumps (18%). with other options being electricity (8%), district heating (9%), water heat pumps (8%) and wood (5%) (Finnish: https://www.suomirakentaa.fi/omakotirakentaja/laemmitys/laemmityksen-valinta https://www.suomirakentaa.fi/omakotirakentaja/laemmitys/laem...).
As for existing single detached houses, the most common sources are 44% electricity, 21% wood, 16% oil (Finnish: http://www.stat.fi/tietotrendit/artikkelit/2018/uusiutuva-energia-valtaa-alaa-pientalojen-lammityksessa/ http://www.stat.fi/tietotrendit/artikkelit/2018/uusiutuva-en...) .
Energy consumption in households by energy source, type of use, type of building, GWh: https://www.stat.fi/til/asen/2016/asen_2016_2017-11-17_tau_002_en.html https://www.stat.fi/til/asen/2016/asen_2016_2017-11-17_tau_0...