DutchNews, November 17, 2016
Amsterdam city council has published a plan to
rid the city of gas-fired cooking and central heating by 2050, broadcaster NOS
said on Thursday.
Next year, the aim is to remove 10,000 housing corporation
homes from the gas network, city alderman Abdeluheb Choho said.
In addition,
two new residential areas are already being built without links to the gas
network.
The city has plans to build 50,000 new homes within the next 10 years
and none will have gas heating or cooking facilities. Instead, the homes will
be heated by surplus heat generated by industry. Some 70,000 homes in the city
are already on district heating networks.
One condition for making the switch
is that there will be no increase in costs for tenants. The city is therefore
asking central government for financial support to turn the city into a gas
free zone.
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