"World's largest heat pump" is a 🇫🇮 lämpöpumppu (the only Finnish word I know, don't ask)And in the competition for largest heat pumps, it is a bit like the Olympics: with many subcategories (heat source), there are many winners
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'Europe's largest heat pump' to be installed in Vienna
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: sewage)
Not one, but 6 giant heat pumps will harvest heat from the Vienna waste water treatment plant to provide 90°C heat to the district heating (that also uses waste heat from a candy factory)
more on heat pumps in combination with district heating:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230131-can-city-dwellers-ever-have-heat-pumps
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more on heat pumps in combination with district heating:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230131-can-city-dwellers-ever-have-heat-pumps
I've been to Drammen in Norway
where they use the ice cold water from the Oslo Fjord as heat source for the district heating. I didn't freeze.
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I've been to Drammen in Norway
where they use the ice cold water from the Oslo Fjord as heat source for the district heating. I didn't freeze.
Helsinki
has a 126 MW heat pump in operation since 2006:
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Helsinki
has a 126 MW heat pump in operation since 2006:
and there's another one under construction in Helsinki that should be operational by the end of next year:
https://www.hel.fi/fi/uutiset/helen-rakentaa-eiranrantaan-uuden-lampopumppulaitoksen
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and there's another one under construction in Helsinki that should be operational by the end of next year:
https://www.hel.fi/fi/uutiset/helen-rakentaa-eiranrantaan-uuden-lampopumppulaitoksen
Aalborg
has tendered for a 100 - 125 MW seawater heat pump for its district heating:
https://dbdh.dk/aalborg-forsyning-puts-denmarks-largest-seawater-heat-pump-out-to-tender/
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Aalborg
has tendered for a 100 - 125 MW seawater heat pump for its district heating:
https://dbdh.dk/aalborg-forsyning-puts-denmarks-largest-seawater-heat-pump-out-to-tender/
Stockholm
a combination of heat pumps harvesting heat from purified waste water totalling a whopping 225 MW,
PLUS 6sea water heat pumps - add another 180 MW!
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Stockholm
a combination of heat pumps harvesting heat from purified waste water totalling a whopping 225 MW,
PLUS 6sea water heat pumps - add another 180 MW!
a modest 3,2 MW waste water heat pump in Vancouver
, being expanded to 9,9 MW
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a modest 3,2 MW waste water heat pump in Vancouver
, being expanded to 9,9 MW
A 25 MW waste water heat pump in Utrecht
https://www.eneco.nl/en/about-us/what-we-do/sustainable-sources/heat/heat-pump-at-utrecht-sewage-treatment-plant/ -
A 25 MW waste water heat pump in Utrecht
https://www.eneco.nl/en/about-us/what-we-do/sustainable-sources/heat/heat-pump-at-utrecht-sewage-treatment-plant/The examples are multiplying - as with heat pumps, which use 1 unit of electricity to produce 3-4 units of heat to supply the district heating:
Helsinkiis a world leader, with a 500 MW seawater heat pump system under construction:
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The examples are multiplying - as with heat pumps, which use 1 unit of electricity to produce 3-4 units of heat to supply the district heating:
Helsinkiis a world leader, with a 500 MW seawater heat pump system under construction:
Water works with heat pump in Frederiksberg
(don't know the capacity, yearly output is 40 GWh of heat)
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Water works with heat pump in Frederiksberg
(don't know the capacity, yearly output is 40 GWh of heat)
Hamburg
: 60 MW heat pump (4 x 15 MW) using waste water to heat district heating
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Hamburg
: 60 MW heat pump (4 x 15 MW) using waste water to heat district heating
50 MW heat pump system for Esbjerg
using the Wadden Sea
as a heat source to heat the district heating system - and with its flexibility in electricity use helps integrate wind power & balance the grid
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50 MW heat pump system for Esbjerg
using the Wadden Sea
as a heat source to heat the district heating system - and with its flexibility in electricity use helps integrate wind power & balance the grid
Mannheim, (for now) leading in the 'river' heat source category
with a 20 MW heat pump
https://www.mvv.de/ueber-uns/unternehmensgruppe/mvv-umwelt/aktuelle-projekte/mvv-flusswaermepumpe
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Mannheim, (for now) leading in the 'river' heat source category
with a 20 MW heat pump
https://www.mvv.de/ueber-uns/unternehmensgruppe/mvv-umwelt/aktuelle-projekte/mvv-flusswaermepumpe
Berlin
: 75 MW waste water heat pumps under construction:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/heat-pumps-action-berlins-sustainable-future-karim-amin-scqif
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Berlin
: 75 MW waste water heat pumps under construction:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/heat-pumps-action-berlins-sustainable-future-karim-amin-scqif
Köln / Cologne
getting ready for some 'chaleur de cologne' and to take over the lead from Mannheim (from the same river) with the world's largest river heat pump: 150 MW
https://www.rheinenergie.com/de/unternehmen/newsroom/nachrichten/news_71240.html
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Kiel
using sea water in the Kieler Fjord:
25 MW heat pump now in operation in Stuttgart
https://www.enbw.com/presse/grosswaermepumpe-liefert-fernwaerme-fuer-10-000-haushalte.html
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Köln / Cologne
getting ready for some 'chaleur de cologne' and to take over the lead from Mannheim (from the same river) with the world's largest river heat pump: 150 MW
https://www.rheinenergie.com/de/unternehmen/newsroom/nachrichten/news_71240.html
Kiel
using sea water in the Kieler Fjord:
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25 MW heat pump now in operation in Stuttgart
https://www.enbw.com/presse/grosswaermepumpe-liefert-fernwaerme-fuer-10-000-haushalte.html
"Wrompa" is
Poland's largest heat pump: once operational, it will be able to transfer 12.5 MW of heat from wastewater to the district heating system (which is currently 100% coal-based)
https://www.gov.pl/web/climate/wrompa---heat-pump-in-wroclaw
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"Wrompa" is
Poland's largest heat pump: once operational, it will be able to transfer 12.5 MW of heat from wastewater to the district heating system (which is currently 100% coal-based)
https://www.gov.pl/web/climate/wrompa---heat-pump-in-wroclaw
60 MW heat pump for
Flensburg’s district heating, using sea water as heat source
https://www.stadtwerke-flensburg.de/foerdepost/presse/grosswaermepunpe-johanson-controls
https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Stadtwerke-Flensburg-bestellen-riesige-Meerwasser-Waermepumpe,waermepumpe204.html -
60 MW heat pump for
Flensburg’s district heating, using sea water as heat source
https://www.stadtwerke-flensburg.de/foerdepost/presse/grosswaermepunpe-johanson-controls
https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/Stadtwerke-Flensburg-bestellen-riesige-Meerwasser-Waermepumpe,waermepumpe204.htmlScheduled for operation this year: 60 MW heat pump for Hamburg
district heating, using sewage as a heat source
https://www.hamburgwasser.de/umwelt/energiegewinnung/abwasserwaerme
From: @klimareporter
https://mstdn.social/@klimareporter/113837219477713300