Gothenburg, the city of district heating

Gothenburg, Sweden, is internationally known for its district heating system. The development began in the 1950s and still proceeds at a high pace. The concentration is now on single-family houses. Two thirds of the district heating in Gothenburg comes from industrial waste heat, combined power and heating, incineration of waste and discharge systems. Most of the last third comes from natural gas that is used in the heat stations. Oil accounts for two or three per cent