Increasing the Efficiency of Heating Systems in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

This report examines the following questions: Which factors determine the choice of the economically preferred heating options from a set of alternatives? Under which circumstances is DH, decentralized heating with natural gas, or another alternati...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	ESMAP Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	AIR POLLUTION ARCHITECTURE BOILERS CENTRAL PLANNING CO2 EMISSIONS COAL COGENERATION COST OF ELECTRICITY DISTRICT HEATING DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEMS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMISTS EMISSION ENERGY BALANCE ENERGY COST ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY PRICES ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY SERVICE ENERGY SUPPLY ENERGY SYSTEMS ENERGY TARIFF ENGINEERS ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION EXPENDITURES FLEXIBILITY FUEL FUEL OIL GAS HEATING GRID GRIDS HEAT HEAT DEMAND HEAT DISTRIBUTION HEAT DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS HEAT PRODUCTION HEAT SECTOR HEAT SUPPLY HEAT TRANSMISSION HEATERS HEATING HEATING FUELS HEATING SYSTEMS IMPORTS INCOME INTERFUEL SUBSTITUTION LIVING CONDITIONS MARGINAL COST MODERN ENERGY NATURAL GAS NUCLEAR POWER OIL OVERHEATING POTENTIAL INVESTORS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POWER POWER COMPANIES POWER GENERATION POWER PLANT POWER PLANTS POWER PRODUCTION POWER SECTOR POWER SUPPLY POWER SYSTEM PRESENT VALUE PRESSURE SOLID FUELS STREAMLINING TEMPERATURE TRANSPORT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/08/717465/increasing-efficiency-heating-systems-central-eastern-europe-former-soviet-union http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20313

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spelling	okr-10986-203132021-04-23T14:03:37Z Increasing the Efficiency of Heating Systems in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union World Bank AIR POLLUTION ARCHITECTURE BOILERS CENTRAL PLANNING CO2 EMISSIONS COAL COGENERATION COST OF ELECTRICITY DISTRICT HEATING DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEMS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMISTS EMISSION ENERGY BALANCE ENERGY COST ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY PRICES ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY SERVICE ENERGY SUPPLY ENERGY SYSTEMS ENERGY TARIFF ENGINEERS ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION EXPENDITURES FLEXIBILITY FUEL FUEL OIL GAS HEATING GRID GRIDS HEAT HEAT DEMAND HEAT DISTRIBUTION HEAT DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS HEAT PRODUCTION HEAT SECTOR HEAT SUPPLY HEAT TRANSMISSION HEATERS HEATING HEATING FUELS HEATING SYSTEMS IMPORTS INCOME INTERFUEL SUBSTITUTION LIVING CONDITIONS MARGINAL COST MODERN ENERGY NATURAL GAS NUCLEAR POWER OIL OVERHEATING POTENTIAL INVESTORS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POWER POWER COMPANIES POWER GENERATION POWER PLANT POWER PLANTS POWER PRODUCTION POWER SECTOR POWER SUPPLY POWER SYSTEM PRESENT VALUE PRESSURE SOLID FUELS STREAMLINING TEMPERATURE TRANSPORT This report examines the following questions: Which factors determine the choice of the economically preferred heating options from a set of alternatives? Under which circumstances is DH, decentralized heating with natural gas, or another alternative the preferred option? How does the institutional environment have to change in order to foster cost-effective heat supply and demand? How can the preferred option be implemented when the countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (CEE/FSU) are in a period of transition? To answer these questions, case studies of heat generation and delivery were carried out in 1996 in six CEE/FSU cities located in the Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Poland. In all six cities, DH is the dominant technology for supplying heat. This report summarizes the main findings from the case studies and provides details on the major issues encountered in modernizing DH systems, the commercialization of companies in the heating sector, and requirements for policy changes. It provides examples of best practices in the reform efforts in CEE/FSU and of investments designed to make heating more efficient. 2014-09-30T20:38:02Z 2014-09-30T20:38:02Z 2000-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/08/717465/increasing-efficiency-heating-systems-central-eastern-europe-former-soviet-union http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20313 English en_US Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme (ESMAP);no. ESM 234 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research :: ESMAP Paper Publications & Research Europe and Central Asia Central Asia Commonwealth of Independent States Eastern Europe
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topic	AIR POLLUTION ARCHITECTURE BOILERS CENTRAL PLANNING CO2 EMISSIONS COAL COGENERATION COST OF ELECTRICITY DISTRICT HEATING DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEMS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMISTS EMISSION ENERGY BALANCE ENERGY COST ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY PRICES ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY SERVICE ENERGY SUPPLY ENERGY SYSTEMS ENERGY TARIFF ENGINEERS ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION EXPENDITURES FLEXIBILITY FUEL FUEL OIL GAS HEATING GRID GRIDS HEAT HEAT DEMAND HEAT DISTRIBUTION HEAT DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS HEAT PRODUCTION HEAT SECTOR HEAT SUPPLY HEAT TRANSMISSION HEATERS HEATING HEATING FUELS HEATING SYSTEMS IMPORTS INCOME INTERFUEL SUBSTITUTION LIVING CONDITIONS MARGINAL COST MODERN ENERGY NATURAL GAS NUCLEAR POWER OIL OVERHEATING POTENTIAL INVESTORS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POWER POWER COMPANIES POWER GENERATION POWER PLANT POWER PLANTS POWER PRODUCTION POWER SECTOR POWER SUPPLY POWER SYSTEM PRESENT VALUE PRESSURE SOLID FUELS STREAMLINING TEMPERATURE TRANSPORT
spellingShingle	AIR POLLUTION ARCHITECTURE BOILERS CENTRAL PLANNING CO2 EMISSIONS COAL COGENERATION COST OF ELECTRICITY DISTRICT HEATING DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEMS ECONOMIC ANALYSIS ECONOMIC VALUE ECONOMISTS EMISSION ENERGY BALANCE ENERGY COST ENERGY DEMAND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENERGY PRICES ENERGY SAVINGS ENERGY SECTOR ENERGY SERVICE ENERGY SUPPLY ENERGY SYSTEMS ENERGY TARIFF ENGINEERS ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ENVIRONMENTAL VALUATION EXPENDITURES FLEXIBILITY FUEL FUEL OIL GAS HEATING GRID GRIDS HEAT HEAT DEMAND HEAT DISTRIBUTION HEAT DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS HEAT PRODUCTION HEAT SECTOR HEAT SUPPLY HEAT TRANSMISSION HEATERS HEATING HEATING FUELS HEATING SYSTEMS IMPORTS INCOME INTERFUEL SUBSTITUTION LIVING CONDITIONS MARGINAL COST MODERN ENERGY NATURAL GAS NUCLEAR POWER OIL OVERHEATING POTENTIAL INVESTORS POVERTY ALLEVIATION POWER POWER COMPANIES POWER GENERATION POWER PLANT POWER PLANTS POWER PRODUCTION POWER SECTOR POWER SUPPLY POWER SYSTEM PRESENT VALUE PRESSURE SOLID FUELS STREAMLINING TEMPERATURE TRANSPORT World Bank Increasing the Efficiency of Heating Systems in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
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description	This report examines the following questions: Which factors determine the choice of the economically preferred heating options from a set of alternatives? Under which circumstances is DH, decentralized heating with natural gas, or another alternative the preferred option? How does the institutional environment have to change in order to foster cost-effective heat supply and demand? How can the preferred option be implemented when the countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (CEE/FSU) are in a period of transition? To answer these questions, case studies of heat generation and delivery were carried out in 1996 in six CEE/FSU cities located in the Ukraine, Lithuania, Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Poland. In all six cities, DH is the dominant technology for supplying heat. This report summarizes the main findings from the case studies and provides details on the major issues encountered in modernizing DH systems, the commercialization of companies in the heating sector, and requirements for policy changes. It provides examples of best practices in the reform efforts in CEE/FSU and of investments designed to make heating more efficient.
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title	Increasing the Efficiency of Heating Systems in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
title_short	Increasing the Efficiency of Heating Systems in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
title_full	Increasing the Efficiency of Heating Systems in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
title_fullStr	Increasing the Efficiency of Heating Systems in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
title_full_unstemmed	Increasing the Efficiency of Heating Systems in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
title_sort	increasing the efficiency of heating systems in central and eastern europe and the former soviet union
publisher	Washington, DC
publishDate	2014
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2000/08/717465/increasing-efficiency-heating-systems-central-eastern-europe-former-soviet-union http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20313
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Increasing the Efficiency of Heating Systems in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union

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