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Copenhagen and much of its suburbs installed district heating, mostly after the oil crises in the 1970s. I found this article very interesting, although it did
by Symbiote 1y ago
Copenhagen and much of its suburbs installed district heating, mostly after the oil crises in the 1970s.
I found this article very interesting, although it didn't tell me how many kilometres of district heating pipe were laid each decade: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/24/9281 https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/24/9281
- mcosta 1y agoCopenhagen metro area has a population of 1.4M. That is less than where I live, a medium spanish city.
- Symbiote 1y agoSo what's your point? You are incorrect anyway; using the EU's definitions only Madrid and Barcelona are more populous than Copenhagen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_in_...
- mcosta 1y agoMy point is that Copenhagen is easy. Both "EU defined" metros in Spain are 2x and 3x than that. So Copenhagen is not an example of "it is posible everywhere". I mean, for example, in Madrid a neighbourhood has no electricity because is has been taken over by drug gangs. But at the same time it has electricity to grow marihuana. I guess that is a problem Copenhagen does now have.
- zdragnar 1y agoThe city I was referring to has a population density half that of Copenhagen. Much of its energy is also supplied by power plants out in the suburbs rather than being closely sited, so it would likely need to start with the least economical places. The main city also hasn't recovered terribly well from the COVID lockdowns and boom of remote work keeping a lot of computers away. It wouldn't be impossible to do, but they would need someone else to help fund it.