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Energy
Industry:
Efficiently produced energy favours the environment
Helsinki Energy produces district heating efficiently through
combined heat and power (CHP), which is also well known internationally
and a recognized way of producing energy in line with sustainable
development.
The excess energy generated in electricity production is
used in CHP for the production of district heating instead
of being led to the sea as waste. The efficiency of the fuel’s
energy content is about 90 per cent.
A new product, district cooling energy, has expanded CHP
into triple generation. The production of district cooling
energy is based on the efficient utilization of district heat
generated in summer and on the cooling energy available from
sea water in winter in the same process with the district
heating.
The focusing of heat-generation on power plants combined
with district heating and district cooling forms a basis for
the sustainable development of energy production. The air
in Helsinki has been found to be clean by international standards.
The UN has also recognized this by awarding Helsinki Energy
an environmental medal.
Photo: A heat pump plant produces district heating and
district cooling energy in the same process.
Published 2006
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