On 20th March, the symposium of Sino-Danish Pilot Project on District Heating was co-hosted by NECC and Danish Energy Agency(DEA) in Beijing. The attendance reached to more than 30 participants covering pilot’s implementing parties and stakeholders; Chinese local officials; experts and enterprises representatives respectively from NECC, Royal Danish Embassy, DEA, Aalborg University of Denmark, Tsinghua University; Shaanxi and Liaoning provincial governments; District Energy and Cleaning Heating Industry Committee(CHIC in short) of CABEE, China Association for the Promotion of Industrial Development, Danfoss, and Grundfos.
This workshop aimed at feasibility study of Sino-Danish Pilot Project Plan regarding its replication, localization, and promotion, so as to bring forward more practical insights. Conference topics included: pilot project introduction delivered by NECC and DEA, Tongchuan District Heating Plan by project senior advisor John Tang, future design of plausible recycle energy system on district heating presented by professor Lund of Aalburg University, Tongchuan district heating potential shared by Doctor Lianzhong Li from Danfoss. Besides, Shaanxi and Liaoning provincial officials briefed local heating situation and demand.
About this pilot project:
In October 2017, a four-party agreement titled Mutual Implementing Sino-Danish Pilot Project on District Heating between DEA, NECC, Shaanxi Provincial DRC and Tongchuan government was signed. Later, NECC collaborated with DEA in the form of establishing expert panel by selecting advisors from Tsinghua and Aalburg Univerisites, carrying out on-site investigation in terms of Tongchuan’s waste heat and biomass use, the status quo of its energy management and utilization, district heating as well as renovation plan. Based on above field study, and learning from Danish advanced district energy experience along with its assessment tool, the Sino-Danish expert panel formally delivered a district heating plan for Tongchuan in January 2019.