HEATING SEASON 2009/2010: 60 M² APARTMENT HEATING

BELGRADE, October 23 – The highest energy cost during the forthcoming 2009/2010 winter (according to prices of energy carriers from October 2009) will be born by households with heating appliances and burners that use fuel oil and electricity for floor heating.

In both cases an amount of 95.000 dinars needs to be put aside for a 60m² apartment for the entire heating season. For natural gas used for heating, costs will amount half that price, about 51.000 dinars.

The cheapest heating will have households using coal with a charge, inclusive of transportation costs, of about 31.000 to 40.000 dinars depending on the coal type.

When electric thermal storage (ETS) heaters are used for flat heating, the costs would amount to about 32.000 dinars, but only if heaters are used during the low cost night electricity tariff. Any additional ETS heater charging during the day, when electricity is more expensive, will significantly increase the costs. Any charging of two 3 kW heaters only two hours at day time will increase heating expenses by 40%, to over 46.000 dinar.

The following table illustrates energy costs of heating a 60m² apartment throughout the heating season, by different energy carriers, for the same heat quantity and quality of heating such as district heating (heating for the entire apartment at 20^oC, 16 hours a day throughout the heating season).

Heating costs of a 60m² apartment for the winter period 2009/2010

TABLE

	Price		Qty/year		Din/year
Banovici coal	10.285	din/t	3,9	t	40.400
Vreoci dry coal	8.430	din/t	4,2	t	35.000
Raw coal - lignite	4.050	din/t	7,8	t	31.000
Fuel oil (price on October 10, 2009)	67,0	din/l	1394	liter	93.500
Natural gas	36,7	din/m3	1387	m3	51.000
Propane butane	73,4	din/kg	1005	kg	73.800
Wood (depot price)	4.495	din/m3	11,8	m3	53.100
Central heating (Belgrade)	64,4	din/m2	39,3	GJ	46.400
ETS heater (low cost night charging)			10920	kWh	32.400
ETS heater (additional day charging)			10920	kWh	46.600
Electricity – heating appliances and boilers			10920	kWh	96.500

The following diagram illustrates relative relations of heating costs by different energy carriers.