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Increased consumption of district heating
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2004-11-24T10:00:00.000Z
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District heating and district cooling, 2003

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Increased consumption of district heating

The consumption of district heating in 2003 came to 2 144 GWh - 11.0 per cent more than in 2002 and about twice as much as ten years ago. Services consumed more than two thirds of the total district heating consumption in 2003.

Consumption of district heating by consumer group. 1991-2003. GWh

More district heating enterprises

The number of enterprises producing district heating has increased from 35 in 2002 to 41 in 2003.

The gross production of hot water and steam was amounted to 2 920 GWh in 2003. Of the total production 124 GWh were delivered for production of electricity and 469 were heat not distributed. The net production of district heating in 2003 came to 2 327 GWh. 183 GWh of this production were lost in the distribution net and 2 144 GWh were delivered to consumers.

In the production of district heating the use of oil has increased the last two years and the use of electricity declined. This is mainly due to the development in prices of oil and electricity favouring oil in this period.

Net production of district heating by type of heat central. Per cent. 2003

Net production of district heating by type
of heat central. 2002 and 2003. GWh
  2002 2003 Change in
per cent
Total net production 2 121       2 327 9.7
Refuse incineration plant  824 1 022 24.0
Oil boilers  357  560 56.8
Wood waste  213  240 12.3
Electric boilers  421  188 -55.4
Heat pumps  126  139 10.8
Gas 57  115  100.9
Waste heat  123 63 -48.4

The total investments in district heating in 2003 were NOK 556 million. The price of district heating increased from 38 øre/kWh in 2002 to 42 øre/kWh in 2003, exclusive of value added tax. Higher prices and increased consumption resulted in 22.4 per cent more incomes from sales of district heating. In 2003 the sales of district heating amounted to NOK 896 million.

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