District Energy in France

District Energy Biographies

• Gaston Gourdeau, father of district heating in France.

District energy statistics (1993)

• District heating companies - 372
• CHP plants - 21
• Heating plants - 521
• Maximum heat output capacity - 20 919 MW
• Heat delivered to pipelines - 107,6 PJ
• Total length of pipeline system - 2 867 km
• Heat delivered/pipeline length - 37,5 TJ/km

District Energy Vendors

• Gaz de Strasbourg Gaz de Strasbourg is involved in cogeneration through its subsidiary Rhinco.
• Schlumberger Industries
  Heat metering export
  voice: 33 01 47.46.56.72
  fax: 33 01 47.46.56.66
  email: demange@montrouge.wm.slb.com
  postal_address:
  50 avenue Jean Jaures
  BP 620-03
  92542 Montrouge Cedex
  France

District Energy Associations

G. Delhoume
SNCU Syndicat National du Chauffage Urbain et de la Climatisation Urbaine
5, rue de Téhéran
F-75008 Paris
Tel +33 1 47 56 22 22
Fax +33 1 40 87 00 34

Club Cogénération
Jacques Dumas
Tel +33 1 490 07 041
Fax +33 1 490 07 487

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