District Energy in Sweden

District energy statistics

1997 Data from Swedish District Heating Association

• Total area - 450 000 sq km
• Population - 8 840 000
• District heat delivered - 147 PJ (41,2 TWh)
• Subscribed demand - 22,6 GW
• Total length of district heating pipelines - 9964 km
• Annual sale of district heating - 15 400 000 000 SEK
• District cooling delivered - 140 GWh
• District Heat production:
  • Oil - 8%
  • Coal - 6%
  • Refuse - 10%
  • Waste heat - 7%
  • Electric boilers - 3%
  • Heat pumps - 15%
  • Natural gas - 6%
  • Peat - 6%
  • Biomass - 28%
  • Other fuels - 11%

1995/96 Nordvärme Data

• Total area - 450 000 sq km
• Population - 8 840 000
• District heat delivered - 145.1 PJ (40.3 TWh)
• District heat delivered per capita - 4.6 MWh/capita
• Subscribed demand - 22 GW
• Heat provided by cogeneration - 25%
• Heat provided by heat-only plants - 75%
• Total length of district heating pipelines - 9490 km
• Annual sale of district heating - 2 140 000 000 ECU
• District cooling delivered - 30 GWh

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1993 Euroheat & Power data

• District heating companies - 154
• CHP plants - 27
• Heating plants - 815
• Maximum heat output capacity - 29,7 GW
• Heat delivered to pipelines - 158,7 PJ
• Heat sold to consumers - 138,2 PJ
• Total length of heating pipeline systems - 8 960 km
• Heat delivered/pipeline length - 17,7 TJ/km
• District cooling consumed - 24 TJ
• Total length of cooling pipeline systems - 2 km

1993/94 Nordvärme Data

• Total area - 450 000 sq km
• Population - 8 749 000
• District heat delivered - 142.2 PJ (39.5 TWh)
• District heat delivered per capita - 4.5 MWh/capita
• Subscribed demand - 21.1 GW
• Heat provided by cogeneration - 20%
• Heat provided by heat-only plants - 80%
• Total length of district heating pipelines - 9300 km
• Heat delivered/pipeline length - 4.2 MWh/m
• Annual sale of district heating - 1 431 000 000 ECU (approx $1.8 billion)
• Revenue/unit - 10 ECU/MJ (36 ECU/MWh) (approx. $13.30/mmBtu)
• District cooling delivered - 10 GWh

District heat production and emissions

District energy systems

• Stockholm
  • Stockholm Energy
  • District Cooling in Stockholm
  • The Heat Supply of Stockholm
• Borås (heating and cooling)
• Västerås (heating and cooling)
• Norrenergi AB, Solna (heating and cooling)
• Örebro
• Linköping - The Gärstad CHP Plant
• Göteborg / Gothenburg
• Uppsala
• Lund
• Malmö
• Gävle
• Mjolby

District Energy Publications

• District Heating in Sweden 1948-1990 by Sven Werner
• District Heating in Sweden (1979) Swedish District Heating Association
• District Heating Comes to Town by Jane Summerton
• När fjärrvärmen kom till stan: Ett energisystem växer fram. Ev avhandling av Jane Summerton, Översatt och bearbetad av Ingela Björck.
• Fjärrvärme: Teori, teknik och funktion, by Svend Frederiksen and Sven Werner (1993)
• Fjärrvärmens utveckling och utbredning, by Sven Werner (1989)
• Instället fö kärnkraft: kraftvärmens framväxt i fyra länder by Mikael Hârd and Sven-Olof Olsson.
• The Barriers to Combined Heat and Power in Europe.
• Consumer Substations in District Heating Systems, by Peter Gummérus.

District Energy Vendors in Sweden

• SEBRA Envotec AB
• CWA System AB, Leak detection systems

District Energy Associations

• Swedish District Heating Association

• SweHeat

District Energy Library