Take a survey on the fundamental barriers to deployment of district heating

There are a number of barriers for district heating’s contribution to the green transition. This questionnaire identifies these barriers.

District heating is expected to contribute significantly to European climate and energy goals. However, there are still a number of barriers to the deployment of district heating in Europe and globally. The study, which is disseminated across Europe and beyond, focuses precisely on these barriers and tries to identify the most relevant barriers in different countries. The goal is to identify and address the barriers better than today.

Daniel Sneum, one of the study's main authors, has previously investigated barriers to flexible operation and sector coupling in district heating in a similar study.

- With the current study, he hopes to go one level deeper: "District heating has very different conditions, depending on where in the world we look. My colleagues and I are very curious to see if there are common features and differences across countries", explains Daniel Sneum from the Technical University of Denmark's Energy Economics and Modelling research group.

- "We have reached out to organizations and experts in the USA and Europe, and we hope to have a wide geographical representation", he says.

Click here and spend 5-7 minutes to contribute to a better understanding of district heating deployment.

Questions regarding the study can be directed to Daniel Møller Sneum (dasn@dtu.dk).