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Meeting Tuesday March 11th at 9:00 AM at Borlange Energi lthe company managing all the services of the city (water, waste, energy, telecommunication, road maintenance…). The road was long from Copenhaguen but splendid. Forests as far as the eye can see, heavenly lakes. The eye a little bit tired, we start a big day. On the program : a station of biogas production,a factory of sewage treatments, a steel factory and a company of ultimate processing waste. We wanted to let you know here a good example of synergy between a city and its industrials.
SSAB fmanufactures steel rollers of high quality bound for car and building industry. 3 millions tons of steel are produced here for a 2,3 TWh per year consumption(corresponding to the annual consumption of household units). A big thing, as one can say !Reminder :Warm water circuits providing the heating of all the household units do exist in Scandinavian countries such as in other countries (Austria, Germany, Netherlands), It is a big warm water network covering the city until each dwelling. Then a thermic changer is transfering the heat into the internal heating network of the apartments. Particular to these countries, this system works perfectly and for a very long time. During the process of steel manufacture, a huge quantity of heat is produced and thus lost.The idea of SSAB and of the city of Borlange was to use this "free" heat to heat the warm water network of the city.
So, 20% of the heating needs of Borlange corresponding to the needs of 10 000 inhabitants are covered by the steel factory SSAB. It is as much of saved energy and money ! Other actions lead by Borlange Energi :
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Ronny Arnberg, our wonderful guide for a great day! |
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When people want to do something, they do it. So now heat to cool, cool to heat. All these project, shown here on ShakeYourPlanet are amazing|
très bonne idée |
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By: chrichri () on 21-03-2008