District heating plans to be unveiled

PLANS for the largest district heating scheme in the country, which could slash domestic energy costs by 15% and reduce carbon emissions, will be unveiled this morning.

Cork City Council’s Docklands directorate, the agency steering the city’s multi-billion docklands regeneration, will launch the findings of a major feasibility study on the region’s energy strategy which proves district heating is financially viable.

A district heating system works like a domestic central heating system, only on a larger scale. Water is heated at the scheme’s energy centre and circulated through an underground pipe network to customers.