The town of Drammen, 40 miles west of Oslo in Norway, has installed a heat pump from a Glaswegian company Star Renewable Energy that allows them to heat most of the town from the near-freezing 8°C waters of the nearby Fjord.
One unit of heat costs 1 pence to generate, compared with 3p for biomass, 5p for gas and almost 8p for oil, generating annual savings of around €2m a year and 1.5m tonnes of carbon.
In the UK, the Glaswegian company in question is already working with local housing associations in Glasgow and is speaking with a dozen city councils including Newcastle, Durham, Manchester and Stoke. The company calculates that the Thames river could generate 1.25GW of capacity, enough to heat 500,000 homes.
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| Source: BBC News |
In the UK, the Glaswegian company in question is already working with local housing associations in Glasgow and is speaking with a dozen city councils including Newcastle, Durham, Manchester and Stoke. The company calculates that the Thames river could generate 1.25GW of capacity, enough to heat 500,000 homes.
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