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Table 1 Known challenges to Swedish district heating companies

From: Challenges for business change in district heating

Category of challenge

Example of challenge

1. Technological development

- Value of incremental development

- Locked into current technology

- New technology (low temperature)

2. Institutional change

- Deregulation of market

- District heating law

-Threat of price regulation

-Third party access assessments

3. Market challenges

- Competition (heat pumps)

- Declining demand

- Changing customer requests