Attitudes of heat plant managers as one of the key obstacles to district heating decarbonization in Poland. Issue 7 (November 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Juroszek, Zbigniew; Juroszek, Weronika
• Is Part Of: Energy & environment. Volume 29:Issue 7(2018)
• Page Start: 1116
• Page End: 1129
• Publication Date: 2018-11
• Subjects: District heating -- district heating decarbonization -- district heating in Poland -- external costs -- heat plant managers; Power resources -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Power resources -- Periodicals; Renewable energy sources -- Periodicals; Energy policy -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Ressources énergétiques; Politique énergétique; Energy policy -- Environmental aspects; Power resources; Power resources -- Environmental aspects; Renewable energy sources; Periodicals; 333.7
• DOI: 10.1177/0958305X18769856
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0958-305X

Abstract

The decarbonization of district heating in Poland and other Central and Eastern European countries is disappointingly slow. One of the reasons is the lack of expertise in the field of external environmental costs among heat plant managers. The empiric research presented in the work shows that most of them chose coal because of the false belief that it is cheap, while in reality its social cost is high. Helping heat plant managers to improve their expertise in energy production externalities may change their attitudes and accelerate the district heating decarbonization process in that part of Europe. The goal seems to be realistic since the research proves that most heat plant managers are willing to progress in this field.