Home Who we are Offer and services Customer area District heating and cogeneration Metan Alpi Sestriere District Heating Srl offers district heating and cogeneration services in Sestriere, San Sicario and Pragelato. District heating and cogeneration are two modern technologies developed and increasingly widespread in Northern Europe to rationalize heating (such as heat production and distribution) and therefore reduce its environmental impact. District heating District heating is the process of remotely distributing heat by means of a high temperature carrier fluid through a system of insulated pipes. The heat, recovered from the engines of the Metan Alpi Sestriere Telerificazione Srl plants and integrated, if necessary, by boilers, is transported directly to the thermal plants of the condominiums served, where the heat is delivered to the plants through a system of heat exchangers. The district heating service, coupled with cogeneration, has numerous advantages over traditional systems. It is in fact: Economical : the heat produced through cogeneration and distributed through district heating has a significant economic advantage compared to competing fuels. Crucial to a competitive and advantageous price is that cogeneration heat is waste heat that would otherwise be wasted. Finally, the current legislation on energy saving offers discounts and tax concessions to the fuel that is used for cogeneration, offering a further (and not indifferent) advantage in terms of savings to the end user. Ecological : the heat produced by cogeneration is distributed through the district heating system and represents one of the best solutions in the context of reducing pollution and environmental impact. This primarily for the reduction of fuel consumed, obtained by recovering the energy that would otherwise be wasted. Added to this is the use of a cleaner fuel such as methane, whose ecological advantages are now widely recognized. The presence of a single emission point, as opposed to a multiplicity of chimneys scattered over the thermal power plants, allows the combustion process to be monitored and controlled in real time through the most sophisticated technologies. Safe : the heat is supplied to the users through hot water by means of an exchanger placed inside the thermal power stations of the buildings. This avoids the presence of flame and possible fire hazards in the boiler room. The maintenance and management of the heat exchanger are entirely the responsibility of Metan Alpi. Greater safety and reduction of annoying burdens. An additional advantage offered by Metan Alpi. The cogeneration La cogenerazione consiste nella produzione combinata d’energia meccanica/elettrica e calore, entrambi considerati come effetti utili. Nelle centrali Metan Alpi Sestriere Teleriscaldamento S.r.l. motori endotermici, funzionanti a metano, producono energia elettrica che viene immessa nella rete ENEL. Attraverso sofisticati scambiatori risulta inoltre possibile recuperare l’energia termica, altrimenti dispersa, prodotta da gas di scarico, olio motore, acqua di raffreddamento e gas di sovralimentazione. Il recupero di energia termica (cogenerazione), normalmente tralasciata in quanto considerato di scarso pregio, consente di portare il rendimento totale dell’impianto (Energia Elettrica +Energia Termica) a valori complessivi superiori al 90%. Per valutare questo risultato si consideri che il rendimento medio di un motore endotermico si aggira intorno al 30%. Metan Alpi Sestriere District Heating SRL | VAT / Cod. Tax 10421770016 | Cookie Policy