Coming In from the Cold provides a road map of options to help transition economy policy makers sort through key district heating issues. It finds that district heating systems in formerly socialist countries could save the equivalent of 80 billion cubic meters of natural gas a year through...

Following the liberalization and privatization of the electricity market, Russia is now reforming the heating sector. Similarly to the electricity market restructuring, the trigger for the heat reform is the necessity to attract investments in the modernization of this sector. The existing...

District heating has the potential to make a substantial contribution to a sustainable energy future in Central Europe and the former Soviet Union. It is a critical energy source for countries in transition, covering 60 percent of heating and hot water needs