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I went to Moscow in December several years ago and learned they've got one the world's largest district heating systems.
by yowayb 8mo ago
I went to Moscow in December several years ago and learned they've got one the world's largest district heating systems.
- xattt 8mo agoI am not sure if this is still the case, but up to 20 years ago, these were typically shut off in May-June to August for “maintenance” which resulted in a prolonged period of no hot water in apartments.
- lstodd 8mo agoIn Moscow? Never. It's been usually a month in soviet times, two weeks max nowadays, usually sometime in late June - early August. edit: also on heating question - Moscow's electricity is provided by 40 or so big gas-fired steam turbine generator plants, about 10GWe total. District heating serves as cooling for all this power generation.