Ocena zmian zachodzących na lokalnym rynku ciepła w latach 1998-2002 na przykładzie Dolnego Śląska i województwa opolskiego

Abstract

The author presents a picture оf the local market of heating through changes in heating licences and in structure of heat production and sales pointing to these factors which have shaped this picture and consolidate it. The structure of heal production and sales was a basis fоr the author in determining a possible growth оf competitiveness in this market, which is hampered by the present composition оf heat engineering companies. Taking into account the structure of their assets it will be possible to diminish the degree of heat production and sales in companies characterised by small scale heat production or with spatially dispersed assets. Heat sources will be modernised more dynamically - especially in local heat engineering companies abandoning solid fuels - than in large companies. It is also pointed out that due to many factors, which reduced dynamics of demand for heat, development of the local heat market can lead to equipping communal facilities with central heating more effectively that it was the case earlier.