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“JenErgieReal” Living Lab for the Energy Transition
Integrated Energy Supply for Cities

Ensuring a sustainable supply of electricity and heat in cities requires an overarching view of all energy-producing and -consuming sectors. In selected districts in Jena, experts will demonstrate how energy producers, storage systems, and consumers can be intelligently linked.

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Generating Electricity and Heat More Efficiently with Solar Energy

Photovoltaic thermal systems can generate electricity and heat with solar energy. Funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, researchers have optimised this system in three ways: they developed new collector concepts, efficient production and optimised operation in combination with heat pumps.

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News

The potential of shallow geothermal energy for Germany’s heat supply is to be utilized more effectively. To achieve this, a nationwide standardized database is to be created in the WärmeGut project.
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Launch of WärmeGut Project
Geological Information for Transforming the Heating Sector

In the WärmeGut project scientists are developing a standardized database for Information on suitable locations for Ground-source heat pumps.

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A model of the heat pump, built by Siemens Energy, that is being used in the Qwark3 project
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Climate-Smart District Heating
High-Temperature Heat Pump Utilizes Waste Heat from Cooling Systems

The district heating supply at Potsdamer Platz will become more efficient. As part of the Qwark3 project, an innovative heat pump will be deployed.

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IEA program
International call for heating and cooling projects

The IEA-TCP DHC is looking for projects that make energy systems more digital, more profitable or more flexible. And, of course, emission-free.

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Research Projects

Launch of the Living Lab for the Energy Transition GWP
New: Large-Scale Heat Pumps in Germany’s District Heating Networks

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A large proportion of Germany’s CO2 emissions can be attributed to the supply of heat. Large-scale heat pumps powered by greenhouse gas-free electricity could help the country to reduce its CO2 emissions. In the living lab for the energy transition focused on the installation, operation, monitoring, and system integration of large-scale heat pumps (LHPs) in district heating networks, these systems will now be connected to district heating networks at various types of location.

The Wilhelmsburg community center in Hamburg can be seen next to a lake. Here, the researchers tested their concept in practice.
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More Flexible and Efficient
Combining Building Control Systems and Heating Networks Through Smart Networking

German and Finnish researchers have investigated ways in which heating networks can benefit from intelligent building technology.

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This former bunker serves as an energy storage facility.
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Integrated household heating transition in Wilhelmsburg
Sustainable Heating Supply for Urban Districts

In the Hamburg district of Wilhelmsburg, it is shown how regenerative heat can be generated and distributed in urban areas.

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Fifth generation energy systems, low-carbon supply systems, new models for energy suppliers and operators
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TransUrban.NRW
Low Temperature Replaces Coal Infrastructure

Many cities and municipalities have committed themselves to ambitious climate protection targets for reducing CO2 emissions.

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