THE TRADE COUNCIL in the UK AND IRELAND - energy
THE TRADE COUNCIL in the UK AND IRELAND - energy
The Commercial Energy Advisors in the Trade Council provide specialized services to promote Danish solutions in district heating and cooling.
We continually organize delegations, strategic events, and initiatives within the UK's District Heating sector.
We are just now starting our Heat Network Business Alliance for 2024-2025!
With this Alliance, we aim for ongoing collaboration with danish suppliers of products and services to the heat network industry.
As the UK is working towards a strong, resilient and zero-carbon economy, investments in local heat and energy networks is a vital part of the net zero transition by 2050.
As a part of the net zero-transition, the UK government have an ambition to expand the extent of heat networks in the UK from the existing 3% to 20% by 2050. This creates an opportunity for investments in heat networks for up to GBP 80 million by 2050.
We are therefore setting up our Heat Network Alliance, where the Danish Embassy in the UK will be organising three business-to-business events and meetings to introduce the members of the alliance to potential costumers through face-to-face events and meetings in 2024 and 2025.
Presentations from the Heat Networks Masterclass 3 July 2024
The PowerPoint slides from the recent Heat Networks Masterclass on July 3 2024 can be accessed by clicking on the names of the presenting companies:
In July 2024, the Danish Embassy in the UK will be co-financing a two-day district heating event in collaboration with Danish Board of District Heating.
The first event-day will consist of workshops on heat networks with the local councils, Peterborough City Council and Cambridge City Council.
The second event-day will contain a conference taking place in London, and focus on the heat network developments in London
For more information on this activity, please see DBDH's event-page here.
Contact us here for more information
Heat Networks: The Danish Specialty
The Danish district heating sector provides over 60 percent of all Danish households with district heating, which makes Denmark one of the countries in the world that has the most developed district heating supply networks.
District heating production is decentralised, as production is generally reliant on being in the vicinity. This means that there is/are often only a single or just a few heating suppliers to the local district heating network. This means that the Danish district heating industry is regarded as a natural monopoly and is regulated by a principle of non-profit.
This principle dictates which costs can be covered in the heating price. Likewise, the price of district heating must not exceed the cost of heat production. This ensures that customers are protected against possible abuse as a result of the industry’s natural monopoly state.
In addition to municipally-owned companies, a large proportion of Danish district heating companies are operated as cooperatives. This means that the cooperative is owned by its own customers and works to promote their common interests. Alongside the non-profit principle, this creates an efficient heat supply at the lowest possible price for the end customer.
