The world needs to dramatically expand district heating in order to meet the challenge of climate change and energy insecurity. Scaling up district heating requires learning from the strategies and conditions that have made it work and steering clear of those that haven’t. That’s why people from across the sector are coming together at conferences like the International District Heating Summit in Denmark this October to share ideas and find common solutions. And one idea that has had a major impact on the ability of nations to scale up district heating is democratic ownership. This is because ownership matters in two very important areas. MATTERS FOR DISTRICT HEATING
By Magnus Skovrind Pedersen, CEO at Think Tank Brundtland, and
Lasse Skou Lindstad, analyst at Think Tank Brundtland
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