Helsinki to replace Coal for Heating with Solar Heat Storage and go 100 % Renewables by 2030! Clip 

Hi! Totally agree that costs for electricity for most people (those without their own power generation from solar roofs, mainly in cities) will likely be increasing for many years. Short term planning by politicians and vested interests by large energy companies including utilities is slowing and stopping the much needed transition. Another huge problem is lack of awareness of how to combine renewable energy technologies. And yes while I expect China will burn coal for many more years the country has and is investing alot in a vast railway system, EVs and solar tech. China also supplies most of the world with solar panels and energy storage systems (mainly BYD in terms of batteries) But I think we have a lot to learn from the vision and planning by the City of Helsinki! By 2030 the beautiful finnish city is planning to replace the current burning of 500 000 tons of coal per year, by a combination of primarily solar heat and solar heat storage (seasonal storage) and other renewables including heat pumps and solar PV- connected to the existing district heating network. In Denmark 126 communities already run district heating like this, either completely or to a large degree on solar heating and solar storage! Meanwhile my own country Sweden seem happy to burn mainly biomass from the forrest even during the summer (!) as the primary source for heating of buildings when we probably could at least cut the annual use of biomass burning in half if we invested in seasonal heat storage using large water pits and connect it to existing district heating systems. And in the rest of Europe there are 6000 district heating cities but most burn Natural Gas and Coal… Even in Spain (hello!!) We can do much better! Cheers, Johan