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How streaming videos gives a Danish city hot water

Lisa Miles

Here's an interesting video about a city in Denmark that uses heat generated by datacentres to heat hot water which is then used to heat homes. 

Apparently 'district heating' is a common concept in Scandinavia so why can't it be used here in the UK too? Or is it already? 

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  • Mostly because people in the UK don't like being ripped off by district heating companies (or the prospect of being ripped off).

    The price of electricity and gas in the UK is regulated by Ofgem.  The price if district heating isn't regulated at all.

    Landlords don't want the responsibility of maintaining district heating systems, so they outsource the work to other companies.  The companies bill the tenants directly, so the bills aren't the landlord's problem.  This means that the heating maintenance companies have no incentive to keep the bills down.

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  • Mostly because people in the UK don't like being ripped off by district heating companies (or the prospect of being ripped off).

    The price of electricity and gas in the UK is regulated by Ofgem.  The price if district heating isn't regulated at all.

    Landlords don't want the responsibility of maintaining district heating systems, so they outsource the work to other companies.  The companies bill the tenants directly, so the bills aren't the landlord's problem.  This means that the heating maintenance companies have no incentive to keep the bills down.

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