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Climate Leadership Award at the fifth
annual Climate Leadership Summit of the
American College & University Presidents’
Climate Commitment in Washington, D.C.
“EcoHeat4EU” Project
Completed
An executive summary is now
available online for “EcoHeat4EU,” a
recently completed survey and analysis of
legislative support for district energy in
14 European countries. The project was
supported by the European Commission’s
Intelligent Energy Europe program and
coordinated by Euroheat & Power.
“EcoHeat4EU” aimed to present policy
makers with tools to improve the legislative
environment for district heating and
cooling. It showed that increased use of
district energy and combined heat and
power in the 14 countries studied could
deliver an impressive 6 percent reduction
in total carbon dioxide emissions in the
European Union by 2030. Assuming the
14 countries are a representative cross
section, this equates to one-seventh of the
EU’s ambitious CO2 reduction target being
achieved by district energy technologies
alone. To download the summary and
learn more about the project, go to
www.ecoheat4.eu.
EBRD Supports Biomass CHP
in the Baltics
The European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (EBRD) is providing
a loan to AS Graanul Invest, a leading
Estonia-based wood pellet producer, which
will boost the volume of green energy gen-
erated in the Baltic states and continues
the bank’s support for sustainable energy
infrastructure investments in the region.
The 34. 4 million euro ($49.36
million) senior corporate loan will finance
the construction of two biomass-fueled
combined heat and power plants in Estonia
and Latvia, each with a capacity of 6. 4 MW
electric and 15 MW thermal. The financing
will also fund associated energy efficiency
investments in Graanul Invest’s adjacent
pellet plants, improving the operational
efficiency of its pellet production.
This project is a continuation of last
year’s involvement by the EBRD in the
Baltic power sector, when it supported
major infrastructure investments aimed
partly at replacing generation capacity lost
after closure of the Ignalina Nuclear Power
plant. This project will not only increase the
power generation capacity in Estonia and
Latvia, but also contribute to increasing the
share of renewable energy in the energy
mix of the two countries.
USDA Forest Service Awards
Wood-to-Energy Grants
The U.S. Department of Agriculture
Forest Service has awarded nearly $3 million
in grants to 17 small businesses and com-
munity groups to develop wood-to-energy
projects that require engineering services
and will help expand regional economies
and create new jobs. The various projects
will use woody biomass removed from for-
ests for wildfire prevention to produce green
energy for heating and electricity. Examples
of projects receiving the grants include the
engineering design of a biomass power gen-
eration facility, a biomass boiler to produce
steam at a sawmill or a hot water system
for a hospital or school. The Forest Service
Woody Biomass Utilization grant program
has been in effect since 2005 and has
awarded more than $33 million in grants
to 140 projects. For a list of the grantees,
go to http://tinyurl.com/3lkqfa2.
New UBC District Energy
System Approved
A new CA$85 million ($88.3 million)
University of British Columbia (UBC) district
energy system will dramatically reduce
campus greenhouse gas emissions and
energy consumption while advancing clean
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