economic arbitration
What is load dispatching
The term load dispatching reflects how the heat production is organised on a daily basis so that it will always be produced by the least costly plants.
Planning
Daily heat plans
The heat plan must meet the daily heat demand forecast of the distribution companies.Key figures
Load distribution: Economic optimization of the operation of cogeneration and heating plants - hour by hour - in relation to the cost of the works and prices in the electricity market, which also varies hour by hour
32 - 34
PJ/year
15%
of heat consumption in Denmark
transmission and distribution network
The district heating system in the Copenhagen metropolitan area consists of transmission and distribution networks
Varmelast is planning the heat production for supply of the district heating transmission systems.
The transmission system transmit the heat from the heat production plants to the district heating transmission systems in 17 municipalities in the Copenhagen metropolitan area.
three companies
The heating companies
Varmelast is a cooperation between the heating companies of VEKS, CTR and HOFOR and is not an independent business.
About us
The story - in brief
The daily production of the CHP and Heat boilers are organised in relation with an economical total optimisation of the heat and power production.
Since 7 January 2008, Varmelast has handled the total load dispatching of the Copenhagen metropolitan area.
Our partners
Background
The daily production of the CHPs and DHPs is prioritised according to an aggregate financial optimisation of the power and heat production.
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