Multi-jurisdictional planning for district heating: A concept plan for a site in Bloomington/Hennepin County, Minnesota

Technical Report · Thu Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6098585· OSTI ID:6098585

The purpose of this project was to prepare a concept plan for a district heating system serving the Airport South area. This plan was designed to address all major institutional issues relevant to the implementation of the district heating system, serve as a public statement outlining the proposed direction of the project effort, and provide the basis for the later development of a formal implementation plan. The responsibility for preparation of the concept plan was assigned to an advisory committee comprised of potential system customers and interested public agency representatives. This report describes this joint Hennepin County/city of Bloomington project: its conceptual origins, its process and highlights, and its results--both expected and unexpected. Particular attention is given to the special multi-jurisdictional characteristics of this project. Also described are recommendations formulated by the advisory committee, including those related to the role of the public sector in system development, the economic feasibility of district heating and the committee's ''recommended system''. This was a complex project, although not in that regard different from any comparably large district heating planning effort. But despite these complexities, and despite significant revisions in the nature of the system being contemplated, it does currently appear that portions of the Airport South area may be served by district heating as early as 1985. The developments leading to this point and the lessons learned in the process are expected to be of interest and value to others planning similar efforts.

• Research Organization: Urban Consortium for Technology Initiatives (USA). Energy Task Force
• DOE Contract Number: FG02-78IR05106
• OSTI ID: 6098585
• Report Number(s): DOE/IR/05106-T107; ON: DE89015416
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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