SupportDHC

Start

01/10/2023

End

30/09/2026

Status

In progress

SupportDHC

SupportDHC: Supporting a fast implementation of low-grade renewable energy and waste heat for district heating and cooling

Paola Caputo (Principal Investigator)

The overall objective of the SUPPORT DHC project is to support a fast implementation of low-grade renewable energy (RE) and waste heat (WH) for district heating and cooling (DHC) in Europe. This is achieved by supporting DHC operators in drawing-up transformation plans leading to efficient DHC systems as defined in the Energy Efficiency Directive revision and in particular concrete investment plans for a fast implementation of packages of low-grade RE and WH measures. In six European countries (AT, DE, IT, LT, PL, UA), the SUPPORT DHC project in cooperation with involved DHC operators demonstrates such processes and leads to investments on the ground for a variety of EU-wide DHC system cases. At policy and regulatory level, local and regional authorities will become enablers of transformation measures as the project addresses solutions for removing barriers and framework shortcomings. Know-how gained in the SUPPORT DHC project will be disseminated to further EU DHC markets and replication will be actively organised.

Contribution to SDGs: 11, 13

DABC Activities
• Coordination, with reference to the Italian context, of the sector players involved as frontrunners and follower cases (plants that will benefit from the investment plans developed in SUPPORT DHC) • Support in drafting investment plans for plant retrofitting • Capacity building for operators and stakeholders in the sector (DABC is leader of WP5: Capacity building and framework improvement)
Partners
Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur Gmbh & Co Planungs KG (coordinator), AGWF-Projektgesellschaft fur Rationalisierung, Information und Standardisierung MBH, AEE - Institut fur Nachhaltige Technologien, Euroheat & Power, Planenergi Fond, Hogskolan i Halmstad, Lietuvos Silumos Tiekeju Asociacija, Municipal Institution City Institute, Zentrum fur Energiewirtschaft und Umwelt (ethink), Stowarzyszenie Gmin Polska Siec Energie Cite