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IEA: Heat Represents
47 Percent of Energy
Consumption
The supply of heat is largely ignored
in the energy and climate change debate,
even though heat represents nearly half the
world’s final energy consumption, according
to a new report by the International Energy
Agency (IEA). The report, Co-generation
and Renewables: Solutions for a low-carbon
energy future, states that heat represents
47 percent of energy consumption, com-
pared with 17 percent for electricity,
27 percent for transportation and 9 percent
for nonenergy use (which covers fuels used
as raw materials in different sectors, such
as oil used to make plastics). Oil, coal and
gas account for more than two-thirds of
the fuels used in meeting this significant
demand for heat.
The IEA report recognizes the role
combined heat and power and district
energy can play in resolving energy and
climate change issues. The authors state
that while electricity supply is a crucial
aspect of the energy debate, decision
makers increasingly realize that heat supply
is a sizable part of the energy system;
and if the system is to be decarbonized,
changing the heat supply also needs to
be considered. “Both cogeneration and
renewables are technologies that are
relevant to heat supply,” they write.
The full report can be found at http://
tinyurl.com/3k26ax8.
Opcon Subsidiaries Win
Major Contracts
Two subsidiaries of Swedish energy and
environmental technology company Opcon
have recently signed major contracts. Opcon
Bioenergy has finalized an agreement
with Falbygden Energi AB for delivery of
a new bioenergy-powered combined heat
and power plant to Marjarp, Falköping,
Sweden. Falbygden Energi is a subsidiary
of Göteborg Energi, the leading energy
company in western Sweden. To be
completed in 2012, the CHP plant has
capacities of 12 MW thermal and 2. 4 MW
electric. The contract is expected to be
worth around 80 million Swedish crowns
($12.7 million), making it the largest order
ever for Opcon Bioenergy.
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