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Scandinavian Data Centers secures investment to launch more energy efficient data facility

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Tech.EU Summary Swedish infrastructure startup Scandinavian Data Centers (SDC) has secured an investment from real estate group Fastighets AB Balder to fund the construction of its first data centre, ‘ScandiDC I’, in Eskilstuna, Sweden. “Balder’s investment accelerates the development of our data center and shows how digital infrastructure can be both future-proof and socially beneficial,” said Svante Horn, CEO and co-founder of SDC. “Everything is in place for us to deliver a high-security facility where waste heat from operations is recovered and fed into the local district heating network.” Continue Reading #News #DataCenter ...
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Azerbaijan projects over 30% renewable energy capacity ahead of 2030

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30 Trend Summary Azerbaijan is taking major steps to strengthen its legislative and regulatory framework for energy efficiency, renewable energy, and power sector modernization, said Elnur Soltanov, Deputy Minister of Energy of Azerbaijan, during the panel discussion "Azerbaijan: Emerging Gateway to Green Growth and Connectivity" at the EBRD Annual Meetings in London, Trend reports. Soltanov highlighted three major legislative initiatives currently in the pipeline, including new laws on heating, gas supply, and regulation. "I want to emphasize the one on heating because there we really put emphasis on district heating, which is not very much widespread ...
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Biomass Champion of the Year: David Dubois

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Canadian Biomass Summary David Dubois has been a champion of the bioheat sector for much of his career. From working on not-for-profit projects like the Green Heat Initiative and Wood Waste to Rural Heat, to helping developing new standards for biomass boilers, teaching bioenergy at Lakeland College, and his work at Fink Machine, he has been deeply ingrained within the world of bioheat. One of most significant projects he worked on was the development of a district biomass heating project in Clearwater, B.C. Continue Reading #News #Biomass #DistrictHeating
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Veolia Water Technologies’ ‘Sustainability Award’ at Final Year Projects Expo 2025

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DCU Summary Veolia’s ‘Sustainability Award’ aligns with their commitment to delivering environmentally sustainable solutions. Student Síobhra Doyle was awarded this impactful prize for her project ‘Assessing the Feasibility of District Heating in Ireland: A Modeling Approach and Case Study in North Dublin’. This project explores district heating (DH) in Ireland through modelling approaches and a feasibility study. It reviews DH operations, categorises simulation tools by method and data requirements, and applies these insights to assess a proposed DH project in North Dublin. The research also examines how international modelling tools can be tailored ...
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£5m consultancy framework launched to support council heat and energy strategies

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Scottish Housing News Summary Two small Scottish companies are among the 15 businesses that have been awarded a place on the new Scotland Excel framework, which is estimated to be worth £5 million over four years. The LHEES framework was developed in partnership with the Scottish Government and will support the Energy Efficient Scotland programme that aims to create warmer, greener buildings by 2040. To make it easier for public sector organisations to connect with high quality contractors for the work they need, the framework has been divided into three lots: Local heat and energy efficiency strategies: To help councils set out long term plans for ...
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Empower reports AED540 million in Q1 2025 revenue

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MSN Summary Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation PJSC – Empower, the world's largest district cooling services provider, announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2025. The company reported a total revenue of AED540 million, representing a 0.4 percent increase compared to the same period in 2024, and EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortisation) of AED297 million. Empower also reported a pre-tax net profit of AED159 million and the Net Profit after tax amounted to AED145 million for the quarter ended 31 March 2025. Ahmad Bin Shafar, CEO of Empower, commented: "The sustainable growth during the first quarter ...
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Dubai grants $272M runway deal for Al Maktoum Airport

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Aviation Business Summary Dubai has moved into the next phase of its plans to develop Al Maktoum International Airport, awarding contracts for major construction packages as part of a $35 billion investment aimed at scaling up the emirate’s air travel and logistics capacity over the next decade. A one billion dirham ($272m) contract for a second runway has been awarded to local firm Binladin Contracting Group . A separate AED75 million enabling works package has also reportedly been confirmed, marking the shift from planning to delivery. Additional contracts—covering baggage systems, district cooling, and an automated people mover—are expected to be ...
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Sobha Realty launches six-tower development on Dubai’s Sheikh Zayed Road

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Zawya Summary Dubai developer Sobha Realty has launched Sobha Central on Sheikh Zayed Road, a project comprising six luxury high-rise residential towers. The development will house 1,225 dwellings, comprising one and two bedrooms. Sobha Central will incorporate eco-smart solutions such as double-glazed façades, energy-efficient HVAC systems, EV charging stations, and advanced district cooling. Continue Reading #News #DistrictCooling
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This country is slowing climate action. Its capital city is stepping up

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Kera News Summary Vienna takes its job as a climate role model seriously. In addition to mandating solar panels and energy-efficient buildings, Vienna is now heating thousands of homes with geothermal energy instead of planet-heating natural gas . It's building massive heat pumps. It's investing in new infrastructure to help adapt to heat waves and floods. And this spring Vienna passed a historic climate law, outlining a plan to get its climate pollution down to zero by 2040. Vienna is seeing increased flooding because of climate change , including a 1,000 year flood event in September. Abrahamczik says increased flood risk is why the city is ...
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District Energy Technology for Data Centers

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Alt Energy Mag Summary How does district energy technology work and what can it do for data centers? District energy, in its simplest form, involves a central plant or plants that produce, capture or recover thermal energy as steam, hot water and chilled water which is then distributed to connected customer buildings through an underground piping network for heating, cooling and air-conditioning or processes. A “district” can be the central business district of a city, or a large mixed-use development, college or university campus, airport, hospital, military base or even a research or industrial campus for a pharmaceutical or tech corporation. Systems ...
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Actis raises USD 1.7bn for new long life infrastructure fund

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Renewables Now Summary UK investment firm Actis has raised USD 1.7 billion (EUR 1.53bn) for the second fund within its long life infrastructure strategy that targets sectors such as renewable energy, electricity transmission and distribution networks, district cooling, toll roads and digital infrastructure. Actis’ long life infrastructure strategy invests in brownfield infrastructure assets across growth markets in Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa. It focuses on operational enhancements rather than heavy capital expenditure. Continue Reading #News #DistrictCooling
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Cisco to Collaborate with AI Infrastructure Partnership to Drive Investment in Data Centers and Enabling Infrastructure

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Cisco Summary Cisco today announced that it will collaborate with the AI Infrastructure Partnership (AIP), which is led by BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), MGX, Microsoft, NVIDIA and xAI. Cisco’s addition as a technology partner to AIP, alongside previously announced energy collaborations with GE Vernova and NextEra Energy, further strengthens the AIP platform as it seeks to invest in secure, efficient and scalable infrastructure to support AI workloads. Continue Reading #News #DataCenter
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Small reactor pilot to replace coal in central Helsinki

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Helsinki Times Summary A former coal-fired power station in central Helsinki will soon house a full-scale pilot facility for a Finnish-designed small modular reactor, under a new agreement between clean energy developer Steady Energy and municipal energy company Helen. The pilot will showcase the LDR-50 reactor developed by Steady Energy, a company spun out from Finland’s VTT Technical Research Centre in 2023. With a thermal output of 50 MW, the LDR-50 is designed specifically for district heating. The version to be installed in Helsinki will generate about 6 MW of thermal energy to feed into Helen’s district heating network. “This is the first time a ...
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2G Energy sees opportunities from the German government's Power Station Strategy

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Borsen-Zeitung Summary For years, 2G Energy has been warning of the growing risk of widespread power outages. The recent blackout on the Iberian Peninsula now serves as proof, even though the exact cause is still unknown. „Basically, a case like this underlines how important it is to make the energy supply more resilient and decentralised,“ says Friedrich Pehle, CFO of 2G Energy, in an interview with Börsen-Zeitung. Pehle sees the biggest boost for decentralised energy systems in the increasing demand for electricity. In the domestic market, hopes rest with key energy policy issues. „The German market has great potential for 2G with regard to heat pumps ...
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As world heats up, UN cools itself the cool way - with water

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The Straits Times Summary Deep in the bowels of the UN headquarters, a pump sucks in huge amounts of water from the East River to help cool the complex with an old but energy-efficient mechanism. As more and more people want to stay cool in a planet that is steadily heating up, energy experts point to this kind of water-based system as a good alternative to air conditioning. But in many cases they are hard to set up. The system has two independent loops to prevent contamination of the water that flows back into the river at a higher temperature, said the head of the cooling system, Mr David Lindsay. Some big organisations have been able to run such ...
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Innovating in 2025 and Beyond: An Outlook on District Energy from IDEA Members

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The future of energy is shifting in many dimensions. From rapidly rising demand to aging infrastructure, energy systems around the world are moving to adapt scalable solutions that are both economically and environmentally sustainable. District energy is uniquely poised to meet these demands head-on, with a track record of steady evolution and innovation. Read on for our members' thoughts. District energy systems have been providing heating, cooling and energy for cities in some form since the Roman Empire, but modern systems have been around for nearly 150 years. There are many differences between the district energy systems that were built during the Industrial ...
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Enwave Announces Expansion of Energy from Waste District Heating Facility in Prince Edward Island, Avoiding Landfill for Nearly 90% of the Black Cart Residential Waste in Province

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GlobeNewswire Summary Enwave Energy Corporation (Enwave) has announced today the commitment to build a new waste processing facility in Prince Edward Island, beginning this fall. The facility will be in operation by 2028 and will replace the existing end-of-life system. Enwave, in partnership with the Province of Prince Edward Island, has proudly undertaken this expansion to address the growing need to identify sustainable waste solutions in the province. The existing district energy plant converts municipal solid waste and biomass -- scrap wood from forest harvesting operations -- to energy and provides that energy to its customers through the interconnected ...
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Volts podcast: Canada's Largest Sustainable Community Takes Shape

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Blatchford Summary In this episode of the Volts podcast , Blatchford Development Manager Tom Lumsden and Stantec urban planner Tom Young chat with host David Roberts about how this city-led, mixed-use development is creating a carbon-neutral community with pedestrian-first streets, a variety of housing forms, and a district energy system, right in the heart of oil country. Continue Reading/Listen #News #MemberNewsIDEA #StantecConsulting #CityofEdmonton
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Commercial Load Growth on Pace to Grow 24% in ’25

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T&D World Summary The leaders of American Electric Power Co. Inc. say “an incredible backlog” of customer projects will help them reach their lofty 2025 commercial load growth target of 24% after a first quarter in which commercial sales rose more than 12%. Data centers account for a large portion of that growth and of what’s in the pipeline for the rest of this year and through 2027. Continue Reading #News #DataCenter
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DOE pauses energy standards for federal buildings

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Facilities Dive Summary Federal agencies constructing new buildings or renovating old ones won’t have to meet energy performance standards required in regulations the U.S. Department of Energy finalized last year, the agency said in a stay published in the Federal Register on May 5. The one-year stay is intended to give the agency time to see whether the standards align with an executive order President Trump issued on his first day in office that puts the brakes on renewable resources and sustainability as energy goals. Continue Reading #News #DepartmentofEnergy #MemberNewsIDEA
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