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Croatia’s Heat Detox: Decoupling from gas in unfriendly market conditions

We talked to Covenant Supporter REGEA, from North-West Croatia, to explore the challenges and ...

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17.12.2024

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Warsaw’s plans to heat the city with metro’s waste heat

The Polish capital city seeks to detox its impressively large district heating network using ...

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17.12.2024

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Miskolc’s detox for a healthy and inclusive city

Leveraging its large district heating system and its geothermal potential, Miskolc is seeking to ...

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16.12.2024

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Budapest’s heat detox against all odds

Despite structural challenges and an unfriendly national context, Budapest is working towards its ...

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12.12.2024

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Athens Leads Efforts to Mitigate Energy Poverty by Introducing Municipal Tax Exemptions

The City of Athens is taking a groundbreaking step in the fight against energy poverty by becoming ...

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11.12.2024

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Cascais Launches the Country's First Municipal Green Fund

Three million euros to support families in investments to improve energy efficiency and thermal ...

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10.12.2024

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District heating to ships in harbour in Gothenburg

Gothenburg is extending its heat detox to the ships in its harbour, decreasing CO2 and NOx emissions ...

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06.12.2024

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Alexandroupolis' geothermal heat detox

This seaside city in Northern Greece is using geothermal energy to supply a district heating system, ...

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06.12.2024

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Tallaght District Heating Scheme: A DHC system fully powered by excess heat!

Find out more about the first of its kind district heating system in Ireland, which will make ...

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06.12.2024

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Waste heat in Bergamo's district heating

Bergamo is harnessing the potential of waste heat to reduce its heat-related emissions of CO2 by 14 ...

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05.12.2024

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Geothermal district cooling in Limassol

In the south of Cyprus, Limassol is finding innovative ways to cool down its inhabitants in a ...

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05.12.2024

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EGEC - Geothermal

Geothermal district heating in Radicondoli

With roughly 1.000 inhabitants, Radicondoli is set to become the first 100% carbon-free municipality ...

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05.12.2024

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EGEC - Geothermal

Over 99% of renewable heat in Växjö since 2020

Find out about how "The Greenest City in Europe" has managed to gradually decouple from fossil fuels ...

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14.11.2024

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High-efficiency combined biomass-biogas district heating in Kaposvár

Kaposvár is committed to detoxifying its heating for energy security through local sources. Despite ...

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13.11.2024

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Oulu's effective heat detox project

Oulu is taking steps towards its heat detox through an innovative project. Find out how the Finnish ...

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24.10.2024

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European Committee of the Regions

Transforming Šaleška Valley’s District Heating for a Sustainable Future

The Šaleška Valley is undergoing a critical transformation of its district heating system to shift ...

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17.10.2024

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Tallinn’s way to climate neutrality: embracing district heating

Tallinn has been working for sustainability over the past years, namely as the European Green ...

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07.10.2024

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Going beyond expectations: Geneva’s overachieving solar thermal plant

When it comes to Geneva’s heat detox, the highlight is the impressive solar thermal plant, which has ...

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04.10.2024

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Leading by example: Guimarães’ approach to decarbonisation

It is Guimarães’ goal to detox the heating and cooling sector in order to save energy, become more ...

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04.10.2024

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Leuven’s New District Heating Journey

As part of the 112 Mission Cities, Leuven is aiming at a full-city detox by 2030. Despite district ...

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03.10.2024

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Salaspils’ solar heat detox

By the Daugava river, in Latvia, Salaspils is located in one of the coldest regions of Europe, so ...

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01.10.2024

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Silkeborg: The largest solar thermal plant in the world

The story of a small Danish town on its way to climate neutrality through a powerful solar-infused ...

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27.09.2024

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Valladolid: expanding district heating for a full-city detox

Valladolid, an industrial hub along the European Atlantic Corridor, is addressing the challenges of ...

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24.09.2024

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Heidelberg's District Heating Story

As a scientific hub with a large population of dynamic students, Heidelberg is in an ideal situation ...

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23.09.2024

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A diversified detox mix for an integrated approach in Brest

In Brest, located in the Northwest of France right by the sea, rainfall and cold weather is common ...

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23.09.2024

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Lyon's district heating expansion for more resilient communities

With a clear vision to achieve climate neutrality through the collective engagement of all its ...

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23.09.2024

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Marseille’s sea-side detox

Marseille's strategic position by the Mediterranean Sea comes with key economic opportunities but ...

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23.09.2024

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Planning for a full-city detox in Munich

As a part of the 112 Mission Cities aiming to become climate-neutral by 2030, Munich wants to make ...

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20.09.2024

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Ghent City Heating Vision 2024

The City of Ghent has adopted a fossil-free heating strategy focused on heat pumps and low ...

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20.09.2024

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Pioneering low-temperature district heating solutions

In the city of Lund, a remarkable transformation towards climate neutrality has been unfolding. With ...

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18.09.2024

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NetZeroCities

Sustainable energy transition initiatives

The city of Pécs has been firmly committed to a climate policy, driven by a clear sense of purpose. ...

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18.09.2024

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Waste heat for district heating

Espoo, Finland's second largest and fastest-growing city, has committed to becoming carbon neutral ...

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18.09.2024

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Citizens' Climate Assembly in Barcelona

The Citizens' Climate Assembly is a deliberative process of 100 people chosen by lottery between the ...

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18.09.2024

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Vantaa is transforming district heating

Vantaa’s district heating network is an efficient system that supplies most of the city’s buildings. ...

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18.09.2024

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Stockholm, Sweden : Heat recovery from data centres

Stockholm’s initiative to attract data centres to the city and capture their excess heat in the city ...

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18.09.2024

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Becoming a resilient city: Thessaloniki adapts

Affected by flooding, strong winds and intensified heat waves, the densely populated city of ...

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17.09.2024

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Making change a reality in the Slovenian city of Celje

Celje is counting on its natural assets and the support of European cohesion funds to become more ...

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17.09.2024

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Adapting to climate change: Barrelling forward in Debrecen

Debrecen is at the forefront of climate adaptation measures through its participation in the ...

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17.09.2024

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Reinvesting energy savings for a climate-neutral future in Riga

Riga has developed a programme to reinvest the funds recovered through energy savings into measures ...

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17.09.2024

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Mining for inspiration: Cox facing climate hazards

Cox faces the dual challenge of water shortages and flooding. These climate threats have led the ...

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17.09.2024

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Heat mapping to decarbonise a former industrial hub

Once a polluted industrial landscape, Bilbao is now committed to a carbon-neutral future. To achieve ...

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17.09.2024

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Embedding sufficiency into long-term climate and energy planning

In response to the energy crisis, Grenoble has implemented a comprehensive sufficiency plan to cut ...

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17.09.2024

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