Bush, R, Bale, CSE and Taylor, P (2016) Realising local government visions for developing district heating: experiences from a learning country. Energy Policy, 98. pp. 84-96. ISSN 1873-6777
Abstract
District heating (DH) has an important role to play in enabling cities to transition to low-carbon heating. Although schemes are commonplace in some countries, in ‘learning countries’ where building-level technologies make up the majority of heating systems there are numerous barriers to introducing DH. Local governments are seen as key actors in helping to create a ‘shared vision’ for DH amongst stakeholders. This study uses interviews with stakeholders from a range of sectors in the UK (an example of a learning country) to examine the visions of local actors for developing DH and the types of national policy that would support local implementation of these visions. The analysis shows that in engaging with DH development local governments seek multiple types of value. Realising this value will most likely happen by taking a long-term, planned approach to development. In contrast, national government policy is geared towards techno-economic criteria and may lead to only a minority of potential sites being developed, without realisation of wider social or environmental benefits aligned to local visions. The work highlights the importance of local strategic planning, enabled by aligned national policy, in realising the full economic, environmental and social benefits of DH.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
Keywords: | District heating; Local government; Strategic energy planning; Heat policy; Heat networks; Cities |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemical & Process Engineering (Leeds) > Energy Research Institute (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EPSRC EP/K022288/1 National Energy Action Not Known |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 01 Sep 2016 15:29 |
Last Modified: | 05 Oct 2017 15:39 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.08.013 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.enpol.2016.08.013 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:104136 |