IEA DHC Annex TS4
Digitalisation: More Renewable Energy in District Heating Systems

A recently published guide and a video show how digitalisation can optimise district heating and cooling systems.

Researchers have analysed the heat consumption of 797 companies in Germany.

The new book "Innovations and challenges of the energy transition in smart city districts" presents six climate-friendly lighthouse projects.

The Energy Storage Technology Collaboration Program brings together technology developments at an international level.

From now on, a large heat pump at the large power plant in Mannheim (GKM) will supply around 3,500 households with heat.

The Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP) has published the new funding call Joint Call 2023.

Different neighbourhoods can be supplied with climate-friendly energy, as the SmartQuart energy transition real-world laboratory shows.

With an international survey as part of a study, researchers want to determine which hurdles obstruct the expansion of district heating.

Households in Hamburg's Wilhelmsburg district are to be supplied with climate-friendly heat from a new geothermal plant from spring 2025.

In the guide published by IEA DHC at the end of the project, experts give concrete recommendations on hybrid energy networks.

Incorrect settings on heating systems can be avoided with smart metering systems. Researchers have tested how on 25 buildings in Bottrop.

Around 115,000 people visited the Solar Decathlon Europe competition in Wuppertal in summer 2022.

Photovoltaic thermal systems can generate electricity and heat with solar energy.

A team in the "FW-Liner" project has investigated how district heating pipelines can be renovated in a resource-saving way.

In selected districts in Jena, experts will demonstrate how energy producers, storage systems, and consumers can be intelligently linked.

The Wilhelmsburg district of Hamburg shows how regenerative heat can be generated and distributed in urban areas.

Using a modular and thus cost-effective approach, a research team wants to make it easier for SMEs to get started in energy management.

The centerpiece of a district in Giessen is a hybrid storage system that can store heat up to 1200° Celsius and convert it back into electricity.

Grey emissions can be measured and limited more effectively: researchers in the KEA-Bauwerk project are developing basic principles  to reduce energy

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