Snapshot: Two systems in Paris
Services Provided
Shareholders
Compagnie Parisienne de
Chauffage Urbain
District heating
Elyo – 64.39%
City of Paris – 33.5%
Public and employees – 2.11%
Climespace
District cooling
Cofathec (a subsidiary of Gaz de
France) – 50%
Elyo – 28%
CPCU – 22%
Startup Year
Annual Turnover (2004)
Number of Employees (2004)
Total System Production (2004)
Uses of Steam or Chilled-Water Output
Number of Customer Buildings on System
Square Footage of Space Served (2004)
Customer Building Type
Number of Plants
Equipment Type
Fuel Consumption
Length of Distribution System
Pipe Diameters
Source: Compagnie Parisienne de Chauffage Urbain.
1927
248.7 million euros (more than $319 million)
493
8. 5 million metric tons of steam (18,739
million Mlb):
– 4. 7 million metric tons ( 10,362 million Mlb)
produced at CPCU plants
– 3. 8 million metric tons ( 8,377 million Mlb)
produced at SYCTOM household waste
incineration centers
1.04 million MWh of electricity sold to
Electricité de France, of which CPCU used
2% for its own uses.
Steam:
75% – heating
15% – domestic hot water
10% – industrial processes
5,774
35 million sq m (377 million sq ft)
46.9% – housing
23.2% – office space
10.2% – hospitals
6.0% – schools
4.9% – industrial plants
3.2% – hotels
1.3% – sports venues
0.3% – cafes and restaurants
3.9% – other
Eight, including two cogeneration facilities
21 oil-fired boilers, two natural gas-fired boilers,
two gas turbine cogeneration units,
two coal-fired boilers
Natural gas – 3,728 GWh
( 12. 7 million decatherms)
Coal – 1.59 million MWh
( 5. 43 million MMBtu)
Oil – 576,297 MWh
( 1.97 million MMBtu)
(See figure 3.)
427 km (265 miles)
Between 40 and 1,100 mm
( 1. 6 and 43 inches)
1991
54 million euros (nearly $69.3 million)
70
360 GWh/year (102,348,000 ton-hr) of
chilled water
Chilled water:
100% – air conditioning
350
3. 5 million sq m ( 37. 7 million sq ft)
58% – commercial offices
19% – banks and other financial
organizations
8% – hotels or restaurants
7.5% – businesses
0.5% – housing
7% – miscellaneous
Seven, including more than 12,000 cu m
( 31,692,000 gal) of chilled-water storage
Primarily electrical centrifugal chillers (95%)
Electricity (100%)
58 km ( 36 miles)
Between 65 and 800 mm
( 2. 6 and 31. 5 inches)
