Assessment of feasibility of a district heating and cooling system for Ecorse, Michigan. Final report, 1981-1982

Technical Report · Fri Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:5321074

Hock, M J; Cason, D Jr

The City of Ecorse is an older industrial suburb of Detroit with an economy much related to the automobile industry. Ecorse conducted an assessment of the feasibility of building a district heating system which would service an 80 acre redevelopment area in the heart of the community. The system would utilize waste heat in the form of hot water from either of two electric generating plants, or a steel mill, or a nearby chemical plant located within the city. The estimated price of cogenerated thermal energy from one of the power plants was quite competitive. However, the 1980-1985 economy of Ecorse was so weak that the study found no real customer base for the heat in the target redevelopment area.

• Research Organization: Downriver Community Conference, Wyandotte, MI (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5321074
• Report Number(s): PB-83-255737
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
29 ENERGY PLANNING
POLICY AND ECONOMY
DISTRICT HEATING
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
WASTE HEAT UTILIZATION
MICHIGAN
SITE SURVEYS
URBAN AREAS
FEDERAL REGION V
HEATING
NORTH AMERICA
POWER PLANTS
USA
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
320603* - Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization- Municipalities & Community Systems- Public Utilities- (1980-)
290800 - Energy Planning & Policy- Heat Utilization- (1980-)