Biomass District Heating in Faverges

Counting 6,800 inhabitants, the town of Faverges, France, has a biomass-fired district heating network. The buildings concerned represent nearly 1,400 housing equivalents, comprised of municipal buildings, social housing, residential and industrial.

Location: Faverges, France
Operator: Dalkia
Sustainable development: more than 60% renewable energy
Environmental protection: reduced emissions of greenhouse gases and atmospheric pollutants

Challenges: Ensuring a quality public service for district heating while guaranteeing customers:

• Economic performance
• Environmental performance
• Uninterrupted service
• User comfort

Dalkia Solutions

• A public service contract for a period of 18 years includes:
  • The purchase of facilities
  • Funding for improvement works and renovations
  • The operation and management of a biomass heating plant, of the network and of 14 substations
  • Network development
• Crushed pallets and wood chips fuel the biomass heating plant.
• The boiler and network were established in 1994 with an extension of the network carried out in 2001

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