Nordby-Mårup
In 2002, the district heating plant located between
the villages Mårup and Nordby opened. Here the
heat is produced by burning wood chips (about 80
%), and by a 2,500 m² solar heating system (about
20 %). The station is owned by NRGi and the initial
capital expenses were about 20.5 million DKK (2.7
million EUR). This investment was partly subsidized
with a grant of about 9 million DKK (1.2 million EUR)
from the Danish Energy Authority. About 80 % of
the buildings in the two villages are connected to
the district heating system.
At a meeting arranged by the island renewable energy
organizations, a ’district heating group’ consisting
of citizens from the local area was defi ned. In 1998
the group decided to ask NRGi to establish a district
heating system for the two villages. NRGi agreed to
try and the planning started. It is worth mentioning
that the Nordby-Mårup plant was to be the last of the
four new stations on Samsø to begin operations, but
the local group felt differently about this. The local
group was extremely active; amongst other activities
they went from door to door talking to all potential
district heat consumers in the two villages