District heating will warm villages with a future-proof and cheap heating solution
E.ON had a desire to provide widespread local district heating to smaller urban communities that cannot access the large transmission grid. Today, a number of cities are well into the rollout of the District Heating concept, and Viegand Maagøe has been an active player for E.ON from the beginning.
About the task
In short, Byvarme is a local district heating plant and district heating network that the city's own citizens own and manage through an a.m.b.a. It is a solution for smaller urban communities that want a less climate-damaging, but collective and cheap heating solution.
E.ON is helping to get the project started, and when the plant is ready and delivering heat, E.ON is responsible for its operation for a 10-year period.
The concept is called Byvarme, and with an interdisciplinary team, Viegand Maagøe has assisted E.ON from the beginning with everything from concept development, citizen contact, communication and overall execution.
The expectation is that the first city will soon be able to warm itself with local district heating in the form of Byvarme.
