Delivering District Heating for Galway City
HeatGrid Ireland is leading Ireland’s district heating sector as it aims to supply up to 500 GWh of heat demand. Founded by Dr. David Connolly and supported by Asper Investment Management, our aim is to accelerate the delivery of district heating projects by providing a full turn-key solution to customers.
HeatGrid Ireland is progressing with Phase 1 of our Low-Carbon Galway District Heating Network.
About the Network
Benefits for Galway City
Substantial Carbon Savings
Create Greater Energy Security for the Future
Attract Industry and Employment to the area
Opportunity for homes to decarbonise
Positive Infrastructure Project that will benefit the people and businesses in the city
Cleaner
Swedish district heating on average produces 90% less CO₂ emissions than a gas-fired system
District Heating - A Game Changer for Ireland’s Carbon Emissions
District heating is the most widely used and cost-effective method of supplying low-carbon heat in urban areas. The basic principle can be split into three parts:
An energy centre produces renewable heat which heats water to about 80 °C
A pipe network carries this heated water to the customer’s buildings where it will be consumed
Customer buy heat in the same way that they buy gas or electricity today
European countries such as Sweden, Denmark and Finland are already supplying approximately 50% of their heat in buildings from district heating. In Ireland however, district heating is underdeveloped with less than 10 GWh of heat currently being produced.
In 2024, the Irish Government set a target of 2,700 GWh of heat to be produced from district heating by 2030. HeatGrid aims to deliver 500 GWh of this, resulting in annual carbon savings of over 120,000 tonnes of CO₂, the equivalent of decarbonising more than 53,000 homes.
Galway City marks the first step on this transformative journey.
Feasible
The areas highlighted in purple, red, orange and yellow above are suitable for to be heated using district heating
Worst in EU
Ireland had the lowest share of energy (13.1%) from renewable sources in 2022 compared to the EU average of 24.8%
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