District Heating - Manual for London
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Title: District Heating Manual for London
This DH Manual is intended to be a practical, accessible and consistent guidance document. It is not intended to supersede other published technical standards or good practice guides, but its use is recommended for all projects supported by the Mayor’s Decentralised Energy for London programme (so far as appropriate) and is commended to London boroughs, the public and private sector developers and the DE industry as a whole. The purpose of the document is to facilitate interconnection on a city-wide scale through the use of standards.
The DH Manual covers the following aspects of developing a DH network;
- The design principles and technical concepts for the physical infrastructure focusing on interfaces between heat production plants and network, network and consumer installations;
- Guidance on contract structures and management to help inform developers and project sponsors of appropriate options and the key issues to be considered when establishing delivery vehicles and determining procurement strategies;
- Guidance on the build up of tariff structures and associated charges that can reasonably be incorporated as part of a project’s revenue streams; and
- Guidance on the relevant planning policy and typical requirements of local planning authorities.
The final section of the DH Manual considers opportunities to deliver more efficient, more viable DH systems through future technical, commercial and policy innovations.