Kaunas DH system | Kaunas, Lithuania
Kaunas with almost 300.000 inhabitants is the second largest city in Lithuania. It is a large center of business, science and industry. AB Kauno Energija is the municipal District Heating (DH) system operator in Kaunas. The company supplies heat to 3,500 businesses and organizations as well as to 115,990 households, in total – to 119,490 customers. In the last 5 years AB Kauno Energija invested in reconstruction of its own heat production facilities and network pipelines more than 52,2 million Euros, incl. 8,9 million Euros of EU funds support in 2013 – 2017. The company built 9 biofuel firing water heating boilers with total capacity of 85,3 MW operating in Kaunas integrated network, small towns of Kaunas district and Jurbarkas city. Also the company implemented 16 trunk pipelines building and reconstruction projects. Also, 9 independent investors built their own biofuel combustion boiler-houses and CHP plants in 2012–2015 with total capacity of 198 MW. With this significant contribution of IHP, the usage of natural gas in Kaunas decreased radically from 95% to 10%, usage of renewables increased from 3% to 90%. CO2 emissions from AB Kauno Energija heat production facilities decreased by 27,7% from 29055 tons in 2012 to 21008 tons in 2018 and the average heat price for consumers decreased by 41,22% from 8,49 ct/kWh to 4,99 ct/kWh excl. VAT.
